Namaz at Mathura temple: Allahabad HC grants bail to accused
Allahabad, Dec 20: The Allahabad High Court on Friday granted bail to a man arrested for allegedly offering namaz at a Mathura temple around two months ago.
The court, however, directed Faisal Khan not to tamper with the prosecution witnesses, cooperate in the trial and not to put photographs of such activities on social media till the pendency of the trial.
Police had arrested Faisal Khan and booked three others after a video clip showing members of their group offering namaz on the premises of the Mathura's Nand Baba temple surfaced on social media.
The other three accused in the case were identified as Chand Mohammad, Alok Ratan and Neelesh Gupta.
According to the FIR, the accused reportedly belonged to a Delhi-based organisation, Khudai Khidmatgar, and two of them--Faisal Khan and Chand Mohammad offered namaz at the temple on October 29 without permission.
It was suspected that they made the video of the incident viral on social media.
The FIR alleged that it was done to show disrespect to religious beliefs of the Hindu community and posed a threat to communal harmony.
The complainants alleged that the accused received foreign funding for it.
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Double-decker electric bus gutted in fire at Kurla BEST depot
Mumbai (PTI): An empty double-decker electric bus was gutted in a fire during servicing at a BEST depot in Mumbai's Kurla area on Sunday, officials said, adding that nobody was injured.
The blaze broke out inside the Kurla BEST bus depot near Kanakia Building at 4.14 pm, according to preliminary information from the Mumbai Fire Brigade.
The parked bus was unoccupied at the time of the incident.
Fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control. The exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, they said.
No injuries were reported in the incident, officials added.
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has hired 50 electric double-decker buses from Switch Mobility in its fleet of around 2,700 buses.
