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Whitewashing of Jama Masjid in Sambhal underway

The whitewashing of the outer wall of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal began on Sunday morning, an advocate of the mosque side said. “The whitewashing of the outer wall of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal began on Sunday,” Shakeel Warsi, an advocate representing the mosque side in the Sambhal district court told PTI. Shahi Jama Masjid’s president Zafar Ali said, “The whitewashing work started at around 9 am. We are using white, green and light golden colours.” Sambhal has been tense after riots broke out on November 24 last year following a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid, a Mughal-era mosque here.

The Hindu

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