Controversial grave at Khanjar Galli removed after midnight
After a group Molvi’s determined that the Khanjar Galli grave is fake the same was removed at 3.50 am on early Wednesday morning. The Inspection of that grave had begun at around 1 am and after the decision of the Molvi’s the same was removed in heavy police presence.
“Na Kabar mili na Mazar” with this statement the issue of the controversial grave came to an end. The Ulema of Bijapur who led the team said this after the 2 hours of digging the site.
Earlier on Tuesday prominent members of the Muslim community in the city led by Shahalipasha Inamdar, Shajjad Nashim and Trustee of Bashiban Dargah, Belagavi, on Tuesday urged the district administration to maintain status quo on the controversial grave at Khanjar Galli till the High Court Bench at Dharwad disposed of the writ petition on the matter.

It may be recalled, a fresh controversy had erupted over the surfacing of a grave in Laxmi Market off Khanjar Galli after the demolition of a Hubballi Electricity Supply Company bill collecting centre there two months ago.
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