India, March 17 -- As many as 33 houses and an illegal constructed mosque on municipal land in the Chandausi town of Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district may be demolished in accordance with legal procedures, a senior official said on Monday.

The Sambhal district has been embroiled in tense situations since clashes broke out in November last year during protests over a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid.

The mosque has been at the centre of the entire row, with a petition claiming that an ancient Hindu temple was at the site before it, a news agency PTI report said. At least four people were killed and several others injured in the clashes in Sambhal.

Sambhal district magistrate Rajender Pensiya visited a municipal land...