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According to foreign media, a petition has been filed in the Allahabad High Court, claiming that there are traces of a Krishna statue on the steps of the Jama Masjid in Agra.
The petition filed in the High Court has demanded a survey of the Jama Masjid by the ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) and an inquiry by the Advocate Commissioner.
On Thursday, the bench of Justice Manik Kumar Jain heard the petition of Agra lawyer Mahendra Kumar Singh. During the hearing, the Eidgah Committee has also submitted an application to the court to become a party in the case.
Petitioner Mahendra Pratap Singh presented his case in court through video conferencing. The court has fixed the date of August 5 for the next hearing.
The petition filed in the High Court said that Aurangzeb demolished a temple here in 1670, the Krishna idol in the center of the temple was picked up on the steps of Agra's Jama Masjid, to offend the Hindu faith. Aurangzeb did this with the intention of
The petition has demanded that an advocate commissioner be appointed to investigate it and an ASI survey be conducted. The idol should be removed from the Jama Masjid and re-installed in Mathura, Krishna's birthplace. ASI's counsel has sought time to file a reply in the matter.
In support of his claim, the petitioner Mahendra Pratap Singh has referred to the books of several historians.