Overview

• The Allahabad High Court did not grant a stay, with the petitioner withdrawing his plea after the state produced the tehsildar’s order.
• Police, including Inspector Rajiv Kumar Malik’s team, were deployed at the site to prevent any confrontation.
• Officials say the structure stood on 510 square metres of government-designated pit land, and encroachers had received a 30-day notice to vacate.
• Mosque committee members sought four days to remove it themselves, beginning with hammers before using a bulldozer as the deadline expired.
• Samajwadi Party MP Ziaur Rehman Barq condemned the action as coercive, while the district had recently cleared an illegal marriage hall and a madrasa on pond land.