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Ujjain Mosque Row Escalates: Police Use Tear Gas as Protesters Demolish Structure
✍️ siasat.com
🗓 28 Sep 2026, 02:01 PM
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Protests over a disputed mosque in Ujjain turned violent, prompting police to fire tear‑gas shells and demonstrators to demolish part of the building themselves.
A heated dispute over a mosque in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, erupted into a full‑scale protest on Wednesday. Residents and activists gathered outside the contested site, demanding either the removal of the structure or its conversion, while opposing groups counter‑protested, leading to a volatile atmosphere.
Law enforcement arrived in large numbers and, after attempts at crowd control failed, deployed tear‑gas shells to disperse the demonstrators. Several people were injured by the gas, and a handful of arrests were made for alleged violence and obstruction of public order.
Amid the chaos, a group of protesters took matters into their own hands and began dismantling a portion of the mosque’s outer wall, an act described by officials as "self‑demolition." The incident has heightened communal tension, prompting the district administration to call for calm and announce a review of the site’s legal status.
Local authorities have urged both sides to refrain from further aggression and have pledged to resolve the matter through dialogue and legal channels, while the police continue to monitor the area for any resurgence of unrest.
Law enforcement arrived in large numbers and, after attempts at crowd control failed, deployed tear‑gas shells to disperse the demonstrators. Several people were injured by the gas, and a handful of arrests were made for alleged violence and obstruction of public order.
Amid the chaos, a group of protesters took matters into their own hands and began dismantling a portion of the mosque’s outer wall, an act described by officials as "self‑demolition." The incident has heightened communal tension, prompting the district administration to call for calm and announce a review of the site’s legal status.
Local authorities have urged both sides to refrain from further aggression and have pledged to resolve the matter through dialogue and legal channels, while the police continue to monitor the area for any resurgence of unrest.