A local Hindu organization Pandavwada Sangharsh Samiti complained that the structure located in Erandol region in Jalgaon district resembles a old temple and that the Jumma Masjid Trust Committee have encroached over the temple land.
The visuals of the incident emerged online wherein it is seen that the large mob hurls stones at the police while officers try to bring the situation under control by using tear gas shells. An additional police force was deployed and a lathi charge was done to control the violent mob.
"These authorities just acknowledge the letter and take no action. It has been 10 years and the illegal structure still stands there even after the Bombay High Court had directed action against the property", Hindu activists have stated.
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami reiterated his government's unsparing stance on illegally constructed mazars on designated forest land that are mushrooming all over the state
An old Bavdi or stepwell was hastily covered up, with just rods and tiles, without filling it up. As a result, the hollow space and the well existed while the Temple carried out its rituals. On Ram Navami, as the crowd gathered in large numbers, the tiles collapsed under the weight, killing 36 persons and injuring dozens.
The stairs of the Congress's under-construction headquarters towards Deendayal Upadhyay Road are built on the footpath for people to walk, which is why the PWD conducted an anti-encroachment drive.