The dispute revolves around a plot of over 18,000 square metres in Borvada village of Kasarvadavali, which is owned by New Shri Swami Samarth Borivade Housing Company Private Limited.
Tension erupted in Dharavi slum in Mumbai on Saturday after hundreds of Muslim residents gathered on a road and opposed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's plan to demolish an alleged illegal portion of a mosque.
Amid the row over an illegal mosque in Shimla, representatives of the Muslim welfare committee requested the municipal commissioner to seal the unauthorised part, agreeing to demolish it themselves
Thousands of Hindus in Shimla are protesting against the illegal construction of a mosque that has flared tensions and sparked concerns of a forced demographic change.