Alert in Mathura ahead of Babri demolition anniversary, ‘jalabhishek’ plan at Krishna Janmabhoomi-Idgah
India Today
A senior police officer told India Today that the security of the disputed site and Mathura-Vrindavan would be in the hands of about 2,100 police and paramilitary personnel from December 3 to December 6.
The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested Mathura district president of the Hindu Mahasabha Chhaya Gautam and group’s city leader Rishi Bhardwaj ahead of the anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition on December 6. The outfit has announced to mark the occasion by performing ‘jalabhishek’ (ritual bathing) of Lord Krishna in Mathura’s Shahi Idgah mosque.
The group is leading a campaign to “liberate the Krishna Janmabhoomi” saying that the Shahi Idgah mosque was built at the birth place of Lord Krishna by demolishing a temple that existed there. To push its campaign, the Hindu Mahasabh has planned the jalabhishek of Laddu Gopal (Lord Krishna in his infant form) at the Shahi Idgah mosque.
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