• By Aditya Jha
  • Thu, 14 Nov 2024 02:34 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday received a bomb threat from numbers reportedly originating from Pakistan. The threat was linked to a legal dispute involving the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi site. The petitioner in the case and president of the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Mukti Nirman Trust, Ashutosh Pandey, received 22 audio recordings via WhatsApp numbers. The messages threatened to first destroy the court, then him. 

Pandey is a resident of Kandhla in Shamli, and he disclosed that he received the threats from the number +92 302 9854231. He further said that these threats were received around 9.36 PM on Wednesday. The recorded messages threatened to bomb the court on November 19. Pandey informed the local police about the threats, and the recordings have been submitted for investigation. 

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Pandey has received multiple threats earlier over the case, as he has been actively involved in several legal cases related to the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi site in Mathura. He is also the part of the case in prior legal actions regarding unauthorised electrical connections at the Shahi Eidgah in Mathura. 

The dispute in Mathura began after Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan alleged that the mosque was built after the demolition of a temple at the birthplace of Lord Krishna. A compromise agreement took place between Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan and Trust Shahi Masjid Eidgah in 1968, allowing both places of worship to coexist. However, various parties sought changes in the compromise agreement, alleging that the compromise agreement was fraudulent and legally invalid. Earlier, the Allahabad High Court consolidated all suits pending before the Mathura court concerning the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah Mosque dispute. 

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The Masjid Committee argued that the land where the Idgah is built has been under the mosque management’s control, and the suits were barred by the Limitation Act and the Places of Worship Act. However, Justice Mayank Kumar Jain mentioned that the suits filed by the Hindu worshippers were not barred by the Limitation Act or the Places of Worship Act.