Overview
- District officials razed 10 unregistered mausoleums on the Maharaja Suheldev medical college campus on January 19, citing encroachment on government land.
- The Waqf-registered shrine of Rasul Shah Baswari was left intact, with authorities stressing that only unapproved structures were targeted.
- A January 10 notice directed caretakers to remove the encroachments by January 17, and demolition followed when the deadline lapsed without compliance.
- The dispute dates to a 2002 complaint, with orders upheld through 2004 appeals and a 2019 divisional commissioner ruling that permitted removal of the additional mazars.
- Police and civic officials were deployed during the operation, which authorities said concluded without any untoward incident, after college authorities sought action over encroachment.