Mumbai: Almost three years after the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district had to be shut down temporarily amid political tensions, the site is shrouded in controversy once again.
Hindutva outfit Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Monday staged protests across Maharashtra, demanding that the tomb, situated in the district’s Khuldabad, be demolished. In Nagpur, protests by VHP and Bajrang Dal led to a clash between two groups in the city’s Mahal area. A mob vandalised vehicles and pelted stones.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, who represents Nagpur in the Lok Sabha, appealed for peace. In a video message on X, he said, “There are communal…