00:00Visuals coming in from Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh, a mosque that was on unauthorized vakf land is now being demolished.
00:07This is, we are told that in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh, this was on an unauthorized vakf land.
00:15The mosque was built, it is now being raised, bulldozers are on the site as well.
00:20The administration saying that of the mosque did not get the documents that were required, the visuals on your screen.
00:28So there were crane JCBs that have been brought in.
00:31I want to immediately go across to my colleague who was reporting all the latest on that.
00:36Just to give you a background, the structure was constructed on the vakf land without the approval and authorization of
00:42the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Vakf Board even.
00:45When the vakf officials requested documentation, this is important to remember ladies and gentlemen.
00:49When the vakf officials requested documentation of this mosque and from the mosque's caretaker, they did not have any clarity
00:59or authorization about it.
01:01And because of that, a report then had to be submitted to the higher authorities and eventually that decision was
01:06taken.
01:06This was, remember, a 130 square meter portion of about over a 3 hectare plot where this mosque had suddenly
01:15come up.
01:16So this means this was not an ancient mosque and had no connection perhaps to the history or the reason.
01:21Abhinav Mathur is joining me from Sambhal and he's also sent us ground reports earlier.
01:27Abhinav Mathur, if you have heard of me, if you have heard of this mosque, you can tell us why
01:31this is an ancient mosque, why this is not an ancient mosque, why this is a new mosque that was
01:37created?
01:42Abhinav Mathur, if you have heard of this mosque, why this is a new mosque, why this is an ancient
01:58mosque?
01:58So you have heard of this mosque, where it is.
02:05Thank you very much.
02:35Thank you very much.
