Bidar police on Friday arrested four people in connection with the case of trespassing the Archaeological Survey of India-protected Mahmud Gawan Madrasa and performing a puja inside it in the wee hours of Thursday during the Dasara procession.
Manish Karbikar, Inspector-General of Police (North-eastern Range), said the situation was under control.
The madrasa, a 562-year-old heritage building in the old town of Bidar, came under the spotlight on Thursday after a video clip, showing a group of Hindutva activists entering the monument and raising slogans to hail “Hindu Rashtra” during the Olakote Bhavani Devi procession as part of Dasara celebration, went viral. Following a complaint by Mohammed Shafiuddin, a businessman, the police registered an FIR naming nine people. Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) authorities too lodged a complaint with the Town Police for unauthorised entry. However, Anirudh, ASI Conservation Assistant, said that trespassers had not damaged the protected monument.
