Overview
- An executive magistrate directed 13 students to appear in court and furnish personal bonds of Rs 50,000 each under BNSS Sections 126 and 135 after namaz was offered near the fenced Lal Baradari.
- Police detained ABVP and allied activists who recited the Hanuman Chalisa, raised slogans and sprinkled Ganga jal near the site, with additional forces deployed to prevent escalation.
- Students from NSUI, SCS and AISA earlier formed a human chain as Muslim students prayed outside the locked gate and submitted a memorandum to the administration seeking access and transparency.
- The university says the 19th‑century structure is dangerously dilapidated, notes earlier evacuations of a bank and canteen, and says it is corresponding with the ASI on preservation plans.
- Critics say no structural survey has been made public and dispute the administration’s stance on religious use of the site, while officials note preventive action was taken and report no FIR registration.