Shimla mosque panel asks civic body to seal illegal portion, offers to demolish it

The delegation comprised the Imam of the mosque, the local Muslim welfare committee and members of the Waqf board. They met Shimla municipal commissioner Bhupender Kumar Attri and submitted the memorandum.

The case of the unauthorised construction, which includes a few floors in the mosque complex, is being heard by the court of the municipal corporation and the next hearing has been fixed for October 5.

“We have submitted the memorandum requesting the commissioner to seal the ‘illegal’ portion for now and we also urged that MC should tell us which portion is illegal and give us permission to demolish it ourselves,” said one of the delegation members.