Police says order about mosques normal policing exercise, updating data
Srinagar: Police on Monday played down its order of surveying the mosques of the district Srinagar as a routine policing exercise.
Srinagar police chief Dr Haseeb Mughal said that the information sought exercise is carried out to update the data for policing.
“We have the details of gurduwars, masajids and other religious institutions. It is part of normal policing,” he said.
The SSP Srinagar has ordered five zonal SPs to provide details of mosques and their managements falling without your respective jurisdictions as per enclosed proforma to this office immediately for onward submission to higher authorities.
The order added to speculation that the Centre might have plans to do away with Article 35A, which gives exclusive rights to the state’s residents in government jobs and land.
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