New Delhi: Delhi High Court Tuesday sought the Centre’s response to a plea seeking protection of the Race Course mosque located inside the Jaipur Polo Ground complex from demolition and restoration of access to the place of worship.
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The Centre’s counsel told the court that the premises housed both a mosque and a temple and that no demolition was underway, adding that electricity and water supplies to the mosque had earlier been disconnected as a precaution during the demolition of other structures in the complex. Counsel for Delhi Waqf Board said representations had been made to Land and Development Office and other authorities. Hearing a petition filed by worshipper Syed Ahmed Saud, Justice Anish Dayal issued notice and asked the Centre’s counsel to seek instructions by Thursday. Download the TOI App.