Sambhal: A major demolition drive in Sambhal’s Raya Buzurg village left residents shaken as a mosque and a marriage hall, both built on what authorities termed pond land, came under the bulldozer on Thursday. The 30,000 sq ft hall was razed in a four-hour operation beginning at 11:30 am, while villagers themselves began tearing down the adjacent 550 sq ft mosque after officials allowed them four days’ time.

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District Magistrate Rajendra Pansiya and SP Krishna Vishnoi supervised the action with 200 police and PAC personnel deployed. Drone surveillance was also used to monitor the situation. The administration claimed the mosque and hall were built illegally a decade ago by a local cleric na

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