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Karnataka: Dussehra procession breaks into Mahmud Gawan madrasa to perform puja in Bidar district, 9 booked

Several videos of the incident were also shared on social media after which the police took action and booked around 9 people.

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Karnataka: Dussehra procession breaks into Mahmud Gawan madrasa to perform puja in Bidar district, 9 booked
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A group participating in a Dussehra procession in Karnataka's Bidar district allegedly broke into the premises of a heritage madrasa, on the pretext of performing Puja in the early hours of Thursday.

A mob celebrating Dussehra allegedly broke into the premises of Mahmud Gawan madrasa. Security has now been deployed at sight. 

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Several videos of the incident were also shared on social media after which the police took action and booked around 9 people for trespassing at the ASI heritage site. No arrests have been made so far. 

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AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi took to his Twitter account after the incident and slammed the Basavraj Bommai-led government in Karnataka over the incident saying 'BJP promotes such incidents to demean Muslims.'

A tweet by the AIMIM chief read, "Visuals from historic Mahmud Gawan masjid & madrasa, Bidar, #Karnataka (5th October). Extremists broke the gate lock & attempted to desecrate. @bidar_police. @BSBommai how can you allow this to happen? BJP is promoting such activity only to demean Muslims."

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