A dispute has emerged over a mosque in Meerut, with authorities alleging the shrine was constructed on police station land while the mosque management maintains the structure was built on a Waqf property.
Police said a seven-day notice has been served to the mosque's imam seeking ownership documents and removal of the purported encroachment.
The mosque management however rejected the allegations saying the land had been recorded in the name of the Waqf Board, and documentary evidence supporting the claim had already been submitted to the police.
Police alleged that the mosque was later constructed by encroaching upon a portion of the land registered in the name of the police station for several decades.
Imam Abdul Ghaffar said the land had been recorded in the name of the Waqf Board in 1985 and that documentary evidence supporting the claim was available.
