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FIR Names Three After Mussoorie Sufi Shrine Vandalised

Police cite noncustodial BNS provisions as videos and land records undergo verification.

Overview

  • The Jan. 24 incident at the Baba Bulleh Shah mazaar on Wynberg-Allen School property involved an alleged group of 25–30 people using hammers and crowbars to damage the site.
  • An FIR lists Hari Om, Shivau/Shivayun, and Shraddha plus 20–30 unidentified suspects under BNS sections 196(1)(b) and 298, and no arrests have been made.
  • Mussoorie police say the sections invoked do not mandate arrest, additional forces are deployed at the site, and investigators are reviewing circulating videos.
  • Hindu Raksha Dal state leader Lalit Sharma publicly backed the action and earlier warned of demolition, as local committee members filed complaints and reported prior threats.
  • Authorities are also examining the shrine’s legal status after a recent Forest Department notice to the school following a viral claim that the structure sat on forest land.