Overview
- Around 20 women carrying diyas approached barricades at the Maangi mausoleum in Fatehpur on Wednesday evening and were stopped by police, then performed prayers from a nearby lane.
- Kotwali police registered an FIR naming 20 unidentified women under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 121(1), 351(2) and 352, and no arrests have been made.
- Police say a few women tried to push through or climb barricades, while participants accused officers of misconduct and blocking religious rituals.
- Videos purporting to show the confrontation and prayers from a distance are circulating online, with no independent verification of authenticity.
- The site has remained sealed with heavy security since August following claims by Hindutva groups that the nearly 500-year-old mausoleum replaced a temple, and the matter is before a court.