Police raid the Kachchi Pir Dargah at Gir Somnath

• Weapons including swords, daggers, and knives found in large number

• Muslim woman who is the caretaker of dargah arrested

Somnath (Gujarat) – Gujarat Police raided the Kachchi Pir Dargah at Kodinar in Gir Somnath District of Gujarat, wherein several harmful weapons including swords, daggers, knives were recovered by the Police. The Police have registered a case and arrested Aminsha Ismailsha Kanoujia, the caretaker of the dargah.

The Police questioned Aminsha Ismailsha about the weapon’s storage; but she could not produce any official evidence. Hence, the Police seized the weapons and started investigation on how the weapons reached the dargah.

Editorial Perspective

Is it wrong if people feel that ‘dargahs and mosques are now becoming hiding places and weapons storage centres for terrorists’ ?