Mumbai, Oct. 22 -- Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC backed the FIR against three unidentified women for offering namaz in the premises of Shaniwar Wada in Maharashtra's Pune, saying that if restrictions are violated, action needs to be taken.

"An FIR has been registered under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Rules 1959, because if anyone violates restrictions that are applicable to a protected monument, action needs to be taken. This FIR was raised on the issue of certain sections choosing to be in the ASI-dominant spaces of monuments," Shaina NC told ANI.

She further added that there was no need to make the issue about Hindu versus Muslim, but about what remains permissible under the Archaeological Survey of...