Gyanvapi case: Security beefed up ahead of hearing at Varanasi district court

Adequate security arrangements had been made to ensure that there was no trouble from any side over the hearing of the case

PGurus Newsdesk

May 23, 2022

Adequate security arrangements had been made to ensure that there was no trouble from any side over the hearing of the case

Ahead of the Gyanvapi case hearing, police security tightened in Varanasi

Ahead of the Gyanvapi–Shringar Gauri case hearing in the district court on Monday, the security has been beefed in Varanasi.

Meanwhile, senior police officials, on Monday, said that adequate security arrangements had been made to ensure that there was no trouble from any side over the hearing of the case.

“We have deployed adequate forces and barricades have been put up as precautionary measure,” said a senior official.

Five women devotees from Varanasi had on April 18, 2021, filed a petition seeking daily worship of goddess Shringar Gauri on the mosque premises, in the court of civil judge.

All the related files were transferred to it in compliance with the Supreme Court’s May 20 order of shifting the trial from the civil judge (senior division) court.

District government counsel (civil) Mahendra Prasad Pandey said the district judge court will on Monday make clear the points on which the hearing would start.

The court commission had started the survey of Gyanvapi on May 6, but it was stalled the next day due to a protest by AIM, which also demanded the civil judge (senior division) court change the advocate commissioner saying Mishra was biased.

The court rejected the plea to change Mishra but also appointed Vishal Singh as special advocate commissioner and Ajay Pratap Singh as assistant advocate commissioner.

The court commission resumed the survey on May 14 and concluded it on May 16 amid claims of a ‘Shivling‘ being found in the wuzu pond of Gyanvapi by the petitioners.

On May 20, while hearing the petition of the AIM Committee, the Supreme Court refused to interfere with the survey order passed in the Gyanvapi mosque case and transferred the civil suit filed by Hindu devotees from the civil judge (senior division) to the district judge, Varanasi saying looking at the ‘complexities’ and ‘sensitivity’ of the issue, it is better if a senior judicial officer having experience of over 25-30 years handles this case.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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