Disputed Imambara sealed in MP

The police and district administration authorities Wednesday sealed a part of a building in the Dhar city in Madhya Pradesh, which was known as ‘Imambara’ and was under the occupation of the Tazia Committee but is said to belong to the Public Works Department (PWD).

The action was taken at around 3 AM, and a heavy police force was deployed from four nearby districts along with jawans of the Special Task Force (STF) of the MP Police.

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Some Hindu organisations had been alleging for a long time that the ‘Imambara’ is actually a cultural stage for society, located in one part of the PWD building in Dhar. The protesters had been alleging that the said part had been illegally occupied by the Tazia committee for several years.

They demanded that the portion of the building be freed from the Tazia Committee’s occupation and that it should be opened for people of all religions to hold cultural and religious events there.

Following the continued protests, the authorities sealed the Imambara. A notice has been placed on the sealed part, which says that it belongs to the PWD.