Mob Vandalises Fatehpur Tomb In UP, Claims It Is Built On A Temple

Fatehpur: Members of Hindu organisations, including Bajrang Dal, on Monday tried to offer prayers inside an old tomb claiming it was a temple in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur.

The members of the rightwing outfit carrying saffron flags barged inside the tomb in Abu Nagar area of Fatehpur district with some of them vandalising the structure with sticks amid heavy police deployment.

According to local sources,members of Hindu organizations reached the tomb early in the morning. Claiming that it is Thakur ji's temple, they started vandalizing it. Later, some members climbed the roof and hoisted a saffron flag, added the sources. Seeing the saffron flag on the tomb, members of the Muslim community were enraged leading to tensions.

District Co-convenor of Bajrang Dal, Dharmendra Singh leading the rightwing members said, "We will offer prayers here at noon. The Administration will not be able to stop us. In the Hindu religion, no one can take away our right to offer prayers. It is our temple which they are referring to as a tomb..."

BJP Leader's Warning

BJP and Hindu organizations have opened a front against the Nawab Abdul Samad's tomb in Abunagar. BJP's district president Mukhlal Pal is leading the campaign. On Sunday, he openly warned that on Monday, 11 August 2025, he will worship inside the tomb, he said was actually a "Shiv temple".

Pal claimed that a Shiv Ling was present inside the tomb. Hindu organizations said that art works like flowers, tridents were engraved on the walls and domes of the tomb. The local Math Mandir Sanrakshan Sangharsh Samiti has submitted a letter to the District Magistrate demanding permission to worship in the tomb.

District Administration Swings Into Action

District Magistrate Ravindra Singh said that they have assured everyone that the law and order situation will not be allowed to be impacted.

"People have dispersed from here. The law and order situation is normal. Our primary concern is to maintain peace and the public has confidence in the police...," he said. He said that both the sides were made to understand the facts and assured that law and order would be maintained.

"We have to ensure that there is no spread of rumours. The situation is peaceful". Singh however, declined to reply to a question whether the structure was a tomb or a temple.

SP Fatehpur, Anoop Kumar Singh too said that the people from both sides have dispersed, adding the situation is normal. "Police teams from 10 police stations are deployed here, one company of PAC and the local administration are also present."

A heavy police force from Sadar Kotwali, Radha Nagar, Malwa, Hussainganj and Thariyanv police stations are deployed on the spot to prevent any law and order situation.

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