A petition has been submitted to the District Collector on behalf of the Hindu Front and local residents seeking action to stop what they described as the illegal construction of a mosque in the V.G. Garden area of Kangeyam, Tiruppur district.
According to the petitioners, the construction activity is taking place in a locality where the majority of residents are Hindus, and they urged the administration to intervene and prevent further work.
District authorities are yet to issue an official response to the petition.
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In July 2022, members of the Muslim community staged widespread protests against an attempt to seal a mosque in Mahalakshmi Nagar, Velampalayam in Tiruppur. The mosque, functioning for nearly a decade without approval, had originally been sanctioned in 2011 for use as a banian factory, according to corporation officials. Local resident welfare associations petitioned the Madras High Court against the unauthorized construction, and in 2016 the court directed the revenue department to seal the building. After continued inaction, a contempt petition led the court to order closure by 30 June 2022.
When revenue and corporation officials, accompanied by police, arrived to implement the order, about 300 people picketed near the Tirupur corporation office, blocking roads and paralyzing traffic for several hours. The unrest also forced postponement of the civic body’s council meeting.
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