Bidar: Mob breaks into heritage madrasa, perform puja on Dasara; nine booked

Bidar: A mob participating in a procession for Dasara broke into a heritage madrasa on Thursday, October 6 in Bidar.

They shouted slogans like ‘Bhawani mata ki jai’ and ‘Hindu dharam ki jai’ , and also performed a puja inside the madrasa. The video of the incident is going viral on social media.

Police officials have booked nine people in connection with the incident. Muslim organisations condemned the incident and threatened protest if arrests are not made.

Taking to Twitter, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi  said. “Visuals from historic Mahmud Gawan masjid & madrasa, Bidar, #Karnataka (5th October). Extremists broke the gate lock & attempted to desecrate. @bidar_police@BSBommai how can you allow this to happen? BJP is promoting such activity only to demean Muslims.”