Tension erupted in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand after a minor Hindu girl went is missing and her family accused barber Salman of molesting and abducting her and forcing her to convert to Islam
In this spirit, they suggested a legal provision to allocate some benefits from waqf properties to soldiers or their families. This proposal was met with opposition from several MPs of opposition parties.
Hindus say that the mosque in Uttarkashi has been built illegally on government land. However, the district administration says that the mosque is old and is built on the land of the people of the Muslim community.
The petition was filed by against demolitions of illegal structures by National Federation of Indian Women Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh governments.
The incident is believed to have happened in February this year however, it came to the fore only after the video went viral over social media prompting the parents of the victim to file a police complaint on 8th October.