Part Of 185-Year-Old Mosque Demolished In UP, Officials Claim "Encroachment"

The incident, reported from Fatehpur district, comes days after the Supreme Court underlined that bulldozer action is unacceptable under the rule of law.

A part of a 185-year-old mosque in Uttar Pradesh was demolished by local authorities on Tuesday. Reason: authorities claim the structure was encroaching on the Banda-Bahraich Highway.

The incident, reported from Fatehpur district, comes days after the Supreme Court underlined that bulldozer action is unacceptable under the rule of law.

The district administration claims that the portion demolished was illegal and had come up in the last two-three years, citing satellite and historical images of the mosque's site.