In view of the crowd, adequate security arrangements were made along the route, police said.
Karnataka HC orders status quo on Chamrajpet Idgha Maidan issue
Vartha Bharati | 25-08-2022 | 19:39:00 IST
Bengaluru, Aug 25: The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday issued an interim order of status quo on the Chamrajpet Idgha Maidan that is in dispute.
The interim order says the over 2-acre land here should be used only as a playground and the Muslim community can use it for prayers only during Bakrid and Ramzan.
The Karnataka State Board of AUQAF and District Waqf Officer, Bengaluru, had challenged the August 7 order of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Joint Commissioner (west).
The BBMP Chief Commissioner had directed the Joint Commissioner (west) to verify the ownership of the land, and the officer had subsequently on August 7 decided that the land belonged to the Revenue Department.
The original property dispute dates back to 1955 and the Supreme Court had ruled in favour of the Waqf in 1965.
The decades-old dispute over Idgah Maidan had once again come to the fore earlier this year, when some Hindu outfits sought BBMP's permission to hold events there.
This resulted in two contrary sets of documents emerging -- the Karnataka State Board of Auqaf presented a 1965 gazette notifying the land as Wakf property and the 1974 City Survey records and all other civic records thereafter showed the land to be a playground.
In the meantime, following the BBMP order, several Hindu organisations announced they would celebrate Independence Day on the ground. Also, local Congress MLA B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan had announced they would go ahead and hoist the tricolour on the ground.
However, the State Revenue Department organised the Independence Day event and an assistant commissioner-rank official hoisted the flag on August 15 for the first time at the Idgah maidan.
Meanwhile, a few Hindu organisations demanded to celebrate Ganesha Chaturthi at the playground.
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Three devotees sustain injuries as thousands throng to Deviramma temple in Chikkamagaluru
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01-11-2024 IST
Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), Nov 1: Three people sustained minor injuries as they fell down due to the slippery route because of rain when they were on the way to Deviramma hill temple here, a police officer said on Friday.
All three of them sustained minor injuries and were discharged after first aid, Vikram Amathe, Superintendent of Police (Chikkamagaluru) told PTI.
According to him, a large number of people climbed up the hill shrine to have darshan of the Goddess.
"Because of rain, the route has become slippery. Only three people were injured as they slipped while climbing," Amathe said.
The injured were immediately shifted via ambulance and given necessary first-aid, he said.
Also, two women had fallen unconscious because of fasting on October 30, he clarified.
According to him, the 24-hour darshan started on October 30 and went on till early morning of October 31.
