Deoria Mazar Demolition: 50-Year-Old Shrine Removed by Administration | Court Order
The Deoria district administration on Sunday demolished a nearly 50-year-old shrine, Hazrat Shaheed Syed Abdul Gani Shah Baba Mazar, located near the Gorakhpur Road overbridge in Uttar Pradesh, following an order of the Sadar Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Court. Additional District Government Counsel (Revenue) Jaideep Gupta said the SDM court had declared the land as barren government property. During the hearings, the defence was directed to submit a map and documents establishing when the shrine was constructed, but no records were produced. Subsequently, the court ordered demolition of the structure. The case was initiated following a complaint filed in 2019, reportedly by Sadar BJP MLA Dr Shalabh Mani Tripathi. After the complaint, officials from the revenue department, public works department and other agencies conducted inspections. A notice opposing the demolition was issued to the management committee on December 14, 2019, and the matter remained pending with multiple hearing...