The noose is being tightened against Hayat Zafar Hashmi or Mukhtar Baba, surrounded by allegations of funding the mastermind of Kanpur violence. Now there is a preparation to run a bulldozer at his Baba Biryani restaurant. However, according to the police, the crackdown on the restaurant is being done due to illegal construction. According to police sources, there have been 3 FIRs against Mukhtar Baba for building a Biryani House by demolishing the temple. It has become clear in the investigation that the Biryani House has been built after demolishing the Ram Janaki temple.

Now let me tell you about the allegations in all the three FIRs…

FIR 1

According to the Muslim plaintiff, people fled from the temple in 1931.

Police has registered an FIR on the complaint of Principal Syed Adibul Qadar of Junior High School residing in Bajaria. In the Tahrir, he has written, “I live at Dr. Beri Chauraha of Beconganj. As a child, I had seen that there was a Ram Janaki temple in the adjacent house. There were 18 Hindu shops in this temple premises. After the riots of 1931, all these exodus. After this the temple was demolished and Baba Biryani House was erected on it.”

FIR 2 lodged in the name of daughter Shiv Mandir land

Uday Shankar, the plaintiff of the second FIR, has alleged that there was an ancient Shiva temple in Prem Nagar. This ancient Shiva temple is recorded in the records of the Municipal Corporation. Mukhtar Baba got this land registered in the name of his daughter Naaz Ayesha. The investigation of this case has been started by the police of Chamanganj police station.

FIR 3

Allegations of demolition of temple shop

The third FIR has been lodged by Ehsanuhak Ansari in Bajaria police station. It is alleged that his father also had a kite shop in 18 shops of Ram Janki Mandir Trust. When the shop of Hindus was demolished, their shop was also demolished. Police have started investigation by registering an FIR against Mukhtar Baba, Chuttan, Salauddin, Mobin, Mehboob Alam, Mahmood Umar and three unidentified persons for breaking the shop.

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