MEERUT, Sept. 14 -- A case of alleged illegal occupation of village community land has surfaced in Sambhal district, heightening tensions in the affected areas. In Salempur Salar alias Hajipur and Raya Burjurg villages, under Ainchoda Kanwaha police jurisdiction, a mosque and a madrasa have reportedly been constructed on government land without authorisation.

A tehsil administration probe found that in Salempur Salar, a mosque had been built on 439 square metres of land and a madrasa on 0.154 hectares. In Raya Burjurg, officials detected encroachment of about one and a half bighas of government land for the construction of a mosque.

A revenue department team, led by tehsildar Dheerendra Kumar Singh and naib tehsildar Deepak Jureil, visi...