Advocate Sham Khwaja appearing for the petitioner told the Court the mosque was demolished without giving any demolition notice and that the structure had stood on the ground for nearly 600-700 years.
He contended that the madrasa and the graveyard on the property were also razed and that copies of the Quran were also damaged in the process.
DDA Standing Counsel Sanjay Katyal refuted the allegations and said that all the religious books were handled with care and are in the custody of the officials.
They will be handed back. Even when DDA demolished some temples, the idols were taken care of, the DDA said.
It added that the mosque has been demolished pursuant to the recommendations of the Religious Committee and that it was an encroachment on a forest land.
Source: Barandbench
