IN PHOTOS: VHP, Bajrang Dal protest in Mumbai, demand removal of Aurangzeb's tomb in Maharashtra

The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal staged a demonstration in Mumbai demanding the removal of Aurangzeb's tomb in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. Pics/Kirti Surve Parade

Updated On: 2025-03-17 05:42 PM IST

Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed

The right-wing organisation held similar agitations in parts of Maharashtra including Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. Pics/Kirti Surve Parade
The right-wing organisation held similar agitations in parts of Maharashtra including Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. Pics/Kirti Surve Parade
The VHP staged protests at government offices in different parts of Maharashtra and submitted memorandums for the removal of Aurangzeb's grave

The VHP staged protests at government offices in different parts of Maharashtra and submitted memorandums for the removal of Aurangzeb's grave

Meanwhile, the activists of the right-wing organisations gathered at the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the Mahal area, raised slogans and burnt an effigy of Aurangzeb

Meanwhile, the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar rural police department has implemented multiple security posts from the entry point to Khuldabad town to the grave site

An official said that a State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) company of 50 policemen, 30 personnel from local police and 20 Home Guards have been deployed at various points and the grave site, according to the PTI

Tourists visiting the grave now have to write their names in a visitors register kept with a team of Home Guards and have to furnish identity documents, he said

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