Four booked for offering namaz at Mathura temple

New Delhi: The Sant Samaj at Ayodhya is irked over the recent incident of the offering of Namaaz at Mathura’s Nand Baba temple. Mahant Gauri Shankar Das, national general secretary of Ayodhya Hanumangarhi Nirvani Ani Akhara, has expressed serious concern over this incident and sought strict action against Muslim youths who have committed such acts.

Mahant Gauri Shankar Das said that offering Namaaz in the temple is a part of a larger conspiracy, asking the state government to take strict action should those who offered Namaz on the temple premises.

The Mathura police, however, filed an FIR against four people after two of them allegedly offered `namaaz` at a temple in the Uttar Pradesh city.

According to reports, Faizal Khan and Chand Mohammed offered namaaz, while two others — Alok Ratan and Nilesh Gupta — clicked their pictures, which were then circulated on social media. The incident took place at around 12.30 pm at Nand Baba Mandir in Nandgaon on October 29.