Mumbai, March 17 -- Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal on Monday intensified their demand to remove Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's tomb from Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar.

The organisation held a protest at Mumbai's Azad Maidan demanding that the government remove Aurangzeb's tomb.

VHP leader Siraj Nair told ANI that Aurangzeb was a symbol of terror who should not have his grave in the land of Maharashtra.

"The demand is that the grave of Aurangzeb should be removed from Maharashtra. Aurangzeb was a symbol of terror, who destroyed thousands of temples and forced the conversion of lakhs of people. He inflicted torture on Chhatrapati Sambhaji for 40 days and then killed him. A terrorist like Aurangzeb should not have his grave in the land of...