Jaunpur, 29 November (Hindustan Reporter). While the entire police department of the state is on alert mode regarding the violence that took place during the mosque survey in Sambhal, UP, Friday prayers were offered peacefully in Jaunpur district on Friday.
A large number of police forces were also deployed in Atala Masjid, Shahi Idgah, Badi Masjid and other rural areas of the city.
The police went back after the namaz, which started at 1:00 pm on Friday afternoon, was completed safely. To ensure that peace and order is maintained during this period, City Kotwal Mithilesh Mishra, in-charge of the police posts of the concerned place and jurisdictional Sadar Devesh Kumar Singh kept visiting the mosques continuously. On Friday, the police remained alert from Badi Masjid and Atala Masjid city to rural areas. Namaz was offered by the Muslim community in the Big Mosque of the city at 1 pm. City Kotwal Mithilesh Mishra said that strict security arrangements have been made for Friday prayers.
CO City Devesh Kumar Singh said that there is a lot of crowd in Friday prayers, vigil is maintained by the police on every Friday prayers and even today Chakraman is being conducted in the same routine. However, peace has always been maintained regarding the Ganga Jamuna culture of the district. Even today, Friday prayers were offered peacefully. No incident of any kind like Sambhal has happened here. Namaz has been offered peacefully in the entire district.