Students detained for reciting Hanuman Chalisa in Varanasi? Know the whole truth of this news?

New Delhi: A big controversy has arisen regarding Uday Pratap College in Varanasi, UP. In fact, here the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board, citing a six-year-old notice, has declared the land of Uday Pratap College as the property of the Waqf Board. The Waqf Board has claimed that the small mosque located in the 115-year-old Uday Pratap College campus and more than 100 acres of surrounding land is Waqf property. Since then, there is an uproar in the college campus. Last Thursday, a large number of people from the Muslim community reached the mosque on the college campus to offer Namaz, after which the students studying here protested on Tuesday. Students recited Hanuman Chalisa in protest and police detained some students. However, the incident is being presented in a different light on social media, with incomplete information, which alert The team’s investigation found it misleading.

How was the incident presented on social media?

First of all, let us tell you how this incident is being presented on social media. A video has been posted on Twitter with the handle Tiger Raja Satire. In this video, a student is climbing the gate of Uday Pratap College and hoisting the saffron flag, while the rest of the students below are shouting slogans.

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This video was posted around 12:30 pm on December 3 and the caption along with it read, ‘UP college students detained for reciting Hanuman Chalisa in Varanasi. After being detained, the students became agitated and waved ‘Jai Shri Hanuman’ flag at the main gate of the college. The youth of the country have also now awakened towards Hindutva. See the tweet-

Similarly, it was written from the handle named Alok Mishra, ‘Students of Uday Pratap College (UP College) were detained for reciting Shri Hanuman Chalisa in Varanasi. After being detained, Sanatani students became agitated and hoisted ‘Jai Shri Hanuman’ flag at the main gate of the college. Jai Rajarshi… Jai Shri Ram. See social media post-

What is the whole truth of this claim?

To know the reality of this matter, the Vigilant team contacted presswire18 Times correspondent Abhishek Jha in Varanasi. he/she told that the news regarding this notice of the year 2018 was published in NBT on 25 November. However, investigation revealed that the person in whose name the claim has now been made, Wasim Ahmed Khan, had died in the year 2022 itself.

After this, the bustle in the college campus started increasing and on Thursday, a large number of people from the Muslim community reached the mosque to offer namaz. After entering this mosque from the gate of Uday Pratap College, there is a tomb on the right hand side, at some distance away. Students studying in the college protested against offering Namaz here in such large numbers.

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After this, on Tuesday, the students reached the shrine to recite Hanuman Chalisa, but as soon as they entered the gate, the already deployed police stopped them. In protest, the students sat at the college gate and started reciting Hanuman Chalisa. During that time, one of these students climbed the college gate and put a saffron flag there.

After this, the police detained the seven students leading here and registered a case under sections of breach of peace and took them to another place. All seven students were released in the evening. The statement of Varanasi Police Commissioner Mohit Aggarwal also came out in this matter. he/she told that only teaching work should take place in the college campus, apart from this there should not be any kind of outside interference.

he/she said that in view of this, force has been deployed at the college gate, so that no outsider can try to spoil the atmosphere here. Only students, teachers or those people who are associated with this college are allowed to enter the college.

At the same time, Uday Pratap College Principal Dharmendra Kumar Singh has also issued a statement on the matter. he/she told that regarding the notice of Waqf Board which is being mentioned, the college has received a letter from Sunni Waqf Board on December 3, 2024 itself. It has been said in this letter that the notice issued earlier was canceled on January 18, 2021 itself.

he/she said that there is no mention of mosque or tomb anywhere in the papers. Whatever decision the administration takes in this regard, we will accept it. Earlier, 40 to 50 namazis used to come here only on Fridays. The same arrangement should remain in future also.

conclusion

Some This entire matter is related to a 6 year old notice.