A group of women carrying diyas and other material tried to perform puja at a disputed mausoleum site on Kartik Purnima, clambering over barricades and clashing with police when they were stopped, officials said Thursday.

Police registered an FIR against 20 women after the clashes Wednesday evening, tension flaring up once again over the centuries-old Nawab Abu Samad mausoleum.

August 11, members of Hindu rightwing outfits had allegedly created a ruckus while demanding permission to offer prayers there, claiming that the structure was a temple of ‘Thakurji’ with a ‘Shivling’.

They alleged that the mausoleum was constructed after demolishing an ancient temple. Videos from that time purportedly showed vandalism and hoisting of a saffron flag at the site, triggering communal tension in the

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