Lakshvedhi: Politics on Afzal Khan tomb SEG 2
Justice SC Dharmadhikari of the Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to do away with the illegal constructions around Afzal Khan’s grave in Mumbai.
Dharmadhikari said, “Remove encroachments around Afzal Khan’s grave or send forest officials permanently to the forest if they can’t do their duty.” The division bench of Justice dharmadhikari was hearing a contempt petition filed by petitioner Milind Ekbote against illegal construction on forest land around the grave of Afzal Khan, a medieval Indian commander who served the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur, and fought against Shivaji.
Khan was killed at a meeting with Shivaji, and his army was defeated in the Battle of Pratapgad. Ekbote is the founder-president of Samasta Hindu Aghadi and chief executive of Pratapgad Utsav Samiti.
It is in Pratapgadh itself, a little distance away from the heritage fort of Pratapgad, where Afzal Khan’s grave is located. It was way back in 2008 that Ekbote himself had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) talking about the encroachment around Afzal Khan’s grave. The PIL had claimed that the original tomb was measuring 5 square feet at the base of the fort, but now it was surrounded by unauthorised construction of 1,000 square feet. It also claimed that a number of other constructions had occupied the fort that belongs to the forest department’s land. Ekbote has now filed a contempt petition, saying that the illegal construction has not been demolished.
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