Mosque Committee Demolishes Structure After Encroachment Notice

In Sambhal, India, a mosque committee is taking down their mosque because the government said it was built illegally on public land.

The committee received a notice along with 33 other houses and agreed to remove the mosque.

The government says it won't let anyone build on public land without permission, and gave the committee a deadline.

If the mosque wasn't taken down by the deadline, the government would have done it themselves.

This is part of a larger effort to stop unauthorized building in the district.