Waqf has claims in Sambhal greater than the total area of the city
Op IndiaAmidst the ongoing Jama Masjid-Harihar Temple dispute in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal, a shocking revelation has been made about the Waqf Board’s land claims in the city. According to these documents, the area of Sambhal police station, district hospital, tehsil, municipality, and post office also comes under the Waqf property area. Not only this, the Satyavrat Police Chowki which is being built in front of Jama Masjid, has also been declared as Waqf property by All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi, Dainik Bhaskar reported. Meanwhile, DM Rajendra Pensia has outrightly refuted the claims made by the Waqf Board and said that if the Waqf Board’s claims are factual, the person who gave the land to Waqf should come forward.