Bantwal: Land dispute - Survey fails to defuse tensions between mosques


Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (SP)

Bantwal, Jul 8: The survey work, which was conducted as per the orders passed by the Upa Lokayukta relating to land dispute over a piece of land at Nehru Nagar here between Badriya Jumma Masjid and Akkarangady Jumma Masjid, continued for the second day on Monday July 7. The survey work was held under tight police vigil till Monday evening, but the work failed to make the parties concerned happy.

While the president of the managing committee of Badriya Jumma Masjid signed the survey report, office bearers of Akkarangady Jumma Masjid refused to sign the same, resenting the failure of the survey officials to mark the boundaries of 1.49 acre of encroached land as per the written orders of the Upa Lokayukta.

Akkarangady Jumma Masjid is being managed by Akkarangady Jamaat Committee since long. Badriya Jumma Masjid located at Nehru Nagar functioned like a unit of Akkarangady Jumma Masjid till recently. During the previous general body meeting, however, committee members of Badriya Jumma Masjid had decided to organize Jumma Namaaz at the Nehru Nagar Masjid. Akkarangady Jumma Masjid opposed this proposal, and told the other mosque committee not to organize the said namaaz till a land dispute between the two mosques is solved. This issue had given rise to enmity between these two committees, and the situation had been vitiated due to this rivalry.

During February this year, Akkarangady Jamaat Committee, alleging that Badriya Jumma Masjid has been functioning in the land owned by it in Nehru Nagar, applied to the revenue department to conduct survey as per legal requirements and entrust ownership of 1.49 acres of land legally owned by it to the committee. The revenue department kept postponing survey work under one pretext or the other.

Frustrated by this attitude of the revenue department, Akkarangady Jamaat Committee had complained to Bantwal tahsildar and Upa Lokayukta against the supervisor of the survey department. Relating to this episode, joint director in the department of land records, V Prasanna Kumar, had taken to task the officials of survey department for showing lethargy in conducting this survey, besides serving show cause notices on them. Under instructions from the Upa Lokayukta, Saturday July 5 and Monday July 7 had been fixed for survey work, and survey of land measuring about three acres was conducted on these days.

Joint director in the department of survey, V Prasanna Kumar, had passed strict instructions to the officials to conduct survey within a week and report to him thereof, warning them of being subjected to disciplinary action if they continue to employ delaying tactics. Accordingly, revenue officials had begun survey work on Saturday.

Office bearers of Akkarangady Jumma Masjid said that the surveyors had marked the boundaries of graveyard measuring two acres so far, but had failed to do the same relating to 1.49 acres of land located in survey no. 50/1AP3 of Narikombu village. They said that they had not signed the survey report, as the concerned had violated the orders passed by the Upa Lokayukta and joint director of land records. They said they will legally move against surveyor, Anil, and supervisor, Ashok, for their failure to obey the above instructions.

Over 20 policemen were deployed, under the leadership of town police station sub-inspector, Nandakumar, to supervise law and order situation during survey work.

  

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  • mohammed, mangalore

    Wed, Jul 09 2014

    Problem is that some goons from kfd or any organisation looking for u or protesting burning tyres and spoiling peace and harmony just because of ur useless comment which has no meaning. .
    We want peace so think before u type.

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  • Guru, bangalore

    Wed, Jul 09 2014

    I come here just to read the comments....

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  • Charles D'Mello, Pangala

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Does it really matters where and when you pray..???? This nothing but politics in religion. Where there is inflow of money, these kind of politics start. This is nothing to do with God....!!!!????

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  • CONRAD JOHN TAURO, SHIRVA/UDUPI/DUBAI

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Respect trust and peace will solve the problem.

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  • PEDDU, MANGALURU

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    BY THE BY THEY ARE ALSO HUMAN BEINGS AND WE ARE ALSO HUMAN BEINGS !!!!


    ACHHE DIN ANEWALE HAIN

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  • Iqbal, dammam

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    holy month of Ramadan This groups are nothing but spreading fitna in Islam and dividing one Muslim brother with another.....a follower of Islam go mosque to make himself humble in front of Allah(SWT)... and too show that all are unified when they stand in same row.... Those who are bringing division will in islam... inshallah will rot in hell hereafter if they are not already rotting in this world

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  • sdf, mangalroe

    Wed, Jul 09 2014

    you are 100% right ..for personal advantage ..they are disturbing religious unity..

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  • G.M.Hegde, Udupi

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    This.is.all.a.result.of.unmonitored.foriegn. funding.by.which.different.people.get.a."kursi"...Government.should.henceforth.ban.foriegn.funding.for.religios. purposes.for.all.religions.The.people.of.this.country.are.capable.of.funding.their.own.religious.activities..

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  • Truth, UAE

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Its because of these guys, i can call them as "idiots" Islam is getting a bad name, keep your ego aside and resolve the issue. Understand the purpose of this Masjid and the land, both the committee will pray to one God, then what the hell, this issue is about, they just want the posts in the committee as "Secretary" " President" etc and do nothing for the community.

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  • Mohammed, Managalore

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Mr. Bhandarkar,

    I know u try to crack the PJ. but make sure you do not go against any community.
    IT will be a serious problem for you.
    You have already hurt by typing Allah vs Allah

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Mr Mohammed.
    What is PJ?And why should I hurt anybody? Please try to understand what I have written and the message it carries.It is not my fault if you do not understand. O.K. I will make it simpler for you. Can there be
    Allah Vs Allah?....tell me?
    But these fighters for mosques are going along these very lines. It's not me..They (the fighters ) are trying to prove it.
    And Mohammed Bhai -What serious problem are you talking about?
    Can you explain in detail?

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  • Shivappa, Mangalore

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Bhandarkar,
    it was just a peaceful advice.
    total peaceful OK?

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  • Kamal Taiyyeb, Mangalore

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    THIS DISPUTE OVER SURVEY IS NOT AT ALL ACCEPTABLE. IT HAS TO BE AMICABLY SETTLED BY WAY OF PEACEFUL TALKS BETWEEN BOTH THE PARTIES. THEY SHOULD SHOW AN EXAMPLE TO SOCIETY OF THEIR MATURITY, UNDERSTANDING AND RECONCILIATION BETWEEN THEM.

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  • AMAR NATHAL, MANGALORE

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    jeevan, MANGALORE, EVEN IF YOU THINK TWICE, READ THRICE, WOULD YOU CHANGE THE WAY YOU WRITE/COMMENT? SO, WOULD OTHERS DO THE SAME.

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  • Bryan, Bahrain

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Compromise is not a bad Idea, So please Compromise, Peace will always come first in priority and last in life. Allah would be happy....

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  • nazeer husain, jeddah saudi arabia

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    hold tightly the rope OF ALLAH and dont create divisions as QURAN strictly warns.If any dispute arise ,consult the islamic scholars.If not solved refer quran and hadees.Keep personal prestige away when matter concerned with community.Better not allow the kuffar to malign islam by openly expressing silly issues .A mosque is just not a place of worship.Its a concept in large

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  • haris, dubai

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Its dispute between same community and they well know to solve it also.I hope communal thugs will not interfere here.

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  • Shivappa, Mangalore

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Haris,
    no need for such comments - which communal thugs you are taking about?
    your brethren in the community?
    if you don't want other community people to react then see to it that such things does not get reported (not by threatening the media but by solving the problem before it becomes news)

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  • Raj, Mangalore

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    I have been reading your comments from many days, and i have never seen a sensible comment from you till now. Here news is something and you are talking something else.

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  • jeevan, mangalore

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Think twice before posting the comment.

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  • Jayaram, Kinnigoli

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    jeevan

    Think thrice before posting any comment in DW article.

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  • sid, mangalore

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Jeevan , dont worry things will be solved . Chiddu will give more land . he is secular fellow dont you know . Money is ofcourse from temples not from any other religious places

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  • haris, dubai

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Now the word "Communal thug" got its meaning.

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  • Peter, dubai

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    I agree with Mr.Haris for this comment. But Me.Jeevan r u advising someone to think before writing a comment? Really strange

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  • Ganesh, Bengaluru

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Whether Haris & Peter are same.

    Haris ka hava nikala diya tho Peter ko mirchi laaga kya.

    I agree with Jeevan, Raj, Shivappas & Sid comment. They are comments are making sense, not like yours.
    Even before writing any comments Haris & Peter also should think thrice since your comments also very sarcastic, irrelevant to subject & strange.

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  • PEDDU, MANGALURU

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    THIS IS AMAZING !!!

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    I think for the first time in History it will be a case named
    'Allah Vs Allah'...
    Ya Allah Kyaa Naubat Aayee hai!

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Quarrels between neighbors of same religion over 'Flowers' grown in the garden always intrigues me. (Trees and Flowers have no boundaries you see-thy creep over
    without anyone's permission)...
    One say's 'My God'...is always short of flowers...What the heck!
    The other says..Oh! Hell! That person has again plucked more leaving nothing to 'My God'...!
    Simple solution: Better ask 'God' who he belongs to ...O.K.?
    Is it not?
    Then you can ask him 'whose flowers' you like best or in 'whose hands' you like the offering best? Is it not?...
    The thing is people never allow 'God' to judge. For everything they go to the learned 'judges'...!
    Ya Allah Kyaa Naubat Aayee Hai!!

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  • Shreyas, Mulki

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    your comments are always baseless, senseless.
    please think before commenting.
    ur jokes are so cheap and never make anyone laugh

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    Thank you Shreyas.
    God bless you and always speak from your heart.Always speak on your behalf and never carry the weight of others on your shoulders.
    Once again may God bless and make you laugh.

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Tue, Jul 08 2014

    I still mean for those who cannot understand...
    Badriya Jumma Masjid....Patronized by say A B C...One Allah.....
    Akkarangady Jumma Masjid-Patronized by say X Y Z...Another Allah ? Like that aa?
    What does the Holy Quaran say?
    Where does Allah Reside?
    Think and make peace in this the 'Holy Month of Ramdaan.
    May Allah bless all with reason.

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