A civil suit has been filed in a court in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, on behalf of Hindu deity Bhagwan Shri Krishna Virajman, seeking the removal of the Shahi Idgah adjacent to the Shri Krishna temple complex, the Hindustan Times reported on Saturday. The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board and the Committee of Management of Trust of Shahi Idgah have been arraigned as defendants.
The suit has been filed by a person called Ranjana Agnihotri, a resident of Lucknow. She has sought recovery of 13.37 acres of land situated within the area of the temple.
The suit claims that the trust, with the help of some members of the Muslim community, erected the mosque by encroaching upon the area of the temple. It asserts that the birthplace of Krishna lies underneath the structure the trust has built.
The suit also claims that the Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan, which is the governing…
