Overview
- Around 6 pm on Kartik Purnima, roughly 20 women carrying diyas and prayer items approached police barricades at the disputed structure in Abunagar.
- Officials said some in the group tried to remove or climb the barriers before being restrained, after which prayers were conducted from a nearby lane facing the site.
- An FIR at Kotwali police station cites BNS sections 121(1), 351(2) and 352 based on a complaint by Constable Manju Singh naming 20 unidentified women, including a local resident’s wife.
- Police and participants argued at the scene, with the women alleging misconduct by Station House Officer Tarkeshwar Rai during the confrontation.
- The premises have been sealed since an August incident that prompted tight security and litigation, and police noted unverified videos of Wednesday’s face-off even as the ASP said the situation is calm with extra deployment.