Rizvi said that ever since he filed the petition to remove 26 verses from the Quran, he has been subjected to character assassination and vilification.
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority had reportedly demolished the outer wall of the deserted Qutub Shahi Masjid near High Tech city to construct a new road.
The family members revealed that said Khaja Miyan was refused burial by mutawallis (caretakers of graveyards) in six graveyards, who first said that the deceased was a non-local and then claimed that Khaja may have died from coronavirus.
In March, the Delhi Waqf Board had declared that it will make the 'Jadeed Qurustan' near Millennium Park a dedicated burial ground for Muslim coronavirus patients. However, the VHP has alleged that the area they had demarcated for the graveyard belongs to the park and not the Waqf Board.