Bareilly, Feb. 10 -- A mosque in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district was demolished on Saturday, February 7, on the orders of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) court, even as the mosque committee raised strong objections saying that the matter was pending in the Allahabad High Court.

According to Maktoob Media, an official revenue document from the Bhojipura tehsil administration shows that the mosque in Pipariya village existed on a 300-square-yard land as early as 1968.

The document, stamped by the Office of the Tehsildar, Bhojipura, shows the land as "gram samaj ki zameen abadi ke waaste," translating to "for the use of the village population."

The demolition drive on Saturday continued for nearly three hours, with vide...