Hindu Mahasabha activists held for doing puja in Taj premises

Agra (Uttar Pradesh), March 12 (IANS) Three Hindu Mahasabha activists, including a woman, were arrested while trying to offer prayers on Taj Mahal premises.They were caught by CISF personnel and handed over to local police, which booked them under IPC section 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on the ground religion, etc) at Tajganj police station.The three activists, Meena Diwakar, provincial chief of the organisation, district in-charge Jitendra Kushwaha and one Vishal Singh entered the monument’s premises and offered water, which they carried in a bottle, to Lord Sun near a central tank. On the occasion of Maha Shivratri on Thursday.They were caught by CISF personnel when they were going to offer prayers before the main mausoleum.Later, Hindu Mahasabha activists staged a protest outside the police station and demanded their release.Tajganj police station in-charge Umesh Tripathi said that Kushwaha and Vishal have been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days. Diwakar was issued a notice as she fell ill and was taken to S.N. Medical college for treatment.This was the second such incident in the last three years.In November 2018, a group of women activists performed puja in the mosque, located on the Taj Mahal premises.The organisation claims that Taj Mahal was originally a Shiva temple and was called Tejo Mahalaya.–IANSamita/rs