As the next hearing in the Gyanvapi Mosque-Kashi Vishwanath Temple dispute draws near, a District Court in Varanasi has now dismissed a plea seeking an FIR against the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee and its members for allegedly trying to erase purported “symbols of Hinduism” within the mosque premises.
District Judge A.K. Vishvesha, while dismissing the revision petition seeking the FIR, said that the petitioner – Jitender Singh Visen – could not produce any specific evidence that pointed to any cognizable offences committed by the masjid panel or its members.
Mr. Singh, who holds the power of attorney to legally represent Rakhi Singh, one of the plaintiffs in the original civil suit, had approached the District Court with a revision petition seeking an FIR in the matter after a lower court had refused to admit the same. Mr. Singh is also the chief of the Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh (VVSS).
