Muslims demolish the illegal Mosque on their own after warning from Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation

Gorakhpur (UP) – Action has started on a four-storeyed Mosque near the Ghosh Company Chowk, under the jurisdiction of Kotwali Police station. People associated with the Mosque have themselves started demolition of the encroachment. Gorakhpur Development Authority had given 15 days to remove illegal construction. The Authority had warned, “Remove the encroachment on your own, otherwise the Authority will do it and recover the expenses from the Mosque”

For the first time the Municipal Corporation had tried to remove the Mosque in the year 1967. The Mosque committee members went to the Court. They had claimed that the Mosque existed for the past 100 years. After that the court had allotted 1,284 square feet land to build the Mosque.

Editorial Perspective

This example must be followed nationwide.