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Opposition to remove unauthorised dargah, 400 Muslims resort to stone-pelting

  • 15 arrested

  • 31 Policemen get hurt in stone-pelting

  • 57 bikes of suspected attackers taken into custody
Demolition of dargah with the help of JCB

Nashik – On 16.04.2025, at 5.30 a.m. the unauthorised ‘Sat-Peer’ dargah located in Kathe Galli area was removed. The demolition of dargah was started on the night of 15.04.2025 in the presence of maulvi, local eminent personalities and senior Police Officers. The demolition order of ‘Satpeer’ dargah was passed by Mumbai High Court and maulvi and the eminent personalities had accepted it; but at the time of demolition, a mob of 400 Muslims gathered and started hurling stones,  creating tension in the area. 500 Policemen were deployed on the occasion.

Police burst teargas shells

Nashik’s deputy Police Commissioner Kiran Kumar Chavan informed that a Muslim mob came from the side of Osmania Chowk and started the confusion. The trustees of the dargah and eminent persons tried to pacify the mob. Senior Police Officers also tried to explain to them but they started hurling stones. The Police had to then burst teargas shells and resort to mild lathi charge to disperse the mob. Fifteen people have been arrested in this regard. In the stone-pelting by the mob, 31 Policemen have sustained minor injuries. Police have taken 57 bikes of suspected attackers from the mob into custody.

Demolition as a last resort since Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC)’s notice was not heeded  

Presently, a large Police force has been deployed in Kathe Galli area and there is calm though tension in the area. About 90% demolition work has been completed. The vehicular traffic from Kathe Galli to Bhabha Nagar has been diverted towards other roads. NMC had served fifteen days’ notice to remove the unauthorised structure of Sat-Peer dargah, but no action was taken by the concerned people; therefore, NMC had to take such action.

Editorial Perspective

Insolent religious fanatics keep attacking Police again and again ! Stringent action should be taken against such violent fanatics and they should be put behind bars. How will the Police, getting injured in fanatics’ attacks, protect people ?

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