“Thousands of Muslims gathered around my car when I was going for survey of Gyanvapi structure: Vishnu Jain recalls”, Opindia, November 6, 2023:
“Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain has recalled the challenges he and his father Harishankar Jain faced in May 2022 when they were en route to the disputed Gyanvapi structure to oversee the court-ordered survey and videography. He reminisced how helpless he felt when up to 50,000–60,000 Muslims, protesting the court-ordered video survey of the disputed structure, had surrounded their car.
They had gathered at the behest of the secretary of the Anjuman Intezamia masjid committee to stop the court-ordered survey and videography of the disputed Gyanvapi mosque structure in Varanasi.
The Hindu side advocate shared his harrowing experience, which will now be included in historian Vikram Sampath’s upcoming authoritative book on Kashi. A snippet of the interview was shared on X by Anand Ranganathan on November 5, Sunday…..”
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