According to Chandrabhushan Sharma, those who visit dargahs over small issues are advised by the conspirators to construct their own mazars at home. Chandrabhushan specifically mentioned one Piran Kaliyar of Roorkee in this context.
OpIndia went to the Purola town in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, to investigate the facts in order to dispel the 'Muslim under attack' narrative being peddled by the leftist media in the wake of the May 26 incident which involved the attempted abduction of a minor Hindu girl by accused Uved Khan
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami reiterated his government's unsparing stance on illegally constructed mazars on designated forest land that are mushrooming all over the state
The mosque currently has a Wazu (ablution) tap and a sizeable prayer floor that is visible from the outside. Advocate Sharma stated that the mosque in the street was originally a Brahmin Hindu's home that was bought and converted into a mosque.
What follows here is the twentieth episode of the series of OpIndia reports documenting the rapid demographic change and law and order situation of the India-Nepal border areas