Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Communal flare-up in Aligarh over wall constructi­on in park

- HT Correspond­ent

Members of Hindu and Muslim community clashed with each other in Aligarh’s sensitive Bhujpura locality on Friday.

Reportedly, the dispute was about the constructi­on of a wall around a nagar nigam owned park that houses a temple as well as a mosque and a graveyard.

According to locals, the park at Thakur Wali Gali - also hosts ‘Holika burning’ every year.

As soon as the news of the two communitie­s’ face off spread, activists from Bharatiya Janata Party, led by BJP Yuva Morcha president Manoj Sharma and Vinay Varshney, reached the spot.

They raised strong objections to the constructi­on of the wall, which escalated communal tension.

City magistrate, Pankaj Verma, circle officer (I) Raj Kumar, inspector Suryakant Dwivedi arrived at the park, accompanie­d by heavy police force.

Reportedly, members of Muslim community told officials that they did not want any confrontat­ion and were ready to demolish the wall if the “other group” had a problem.

Later, the situation was resolved peacefully and the wall was brought down.

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