Gyanvapi: 65 per cent of videography survey completed on day two

A courtmandated videography survey of the Gyanvapi Masjid complex here was carried out peacefully for the second consecutive day on Sunday with 65 per cent of the exercise completedThe survey which was stalled last week amid objections by the mosque committee which claimed that the advocate commissioner appointed by the court for the survey did not have the mandate to film inside the premises will continue on MondayThe mosque is located close to the iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple and the local court is hearing a plea by a group of women seeking permission for daily prayers before the idols on its outer wallsAmid tight security the survey was carried out from 8 am to 12 noonAbout 65 per cent of the survey work has been completed today The survey will continue on Monday as well This is completely an archaeological survey work and since the advocates were not familiar with the survey work the work took some time today Madan Mohan Yadav the advocate of the Hindu side in the case saidAssistant advocate commissioner Vishal Singh said the survey work was held peacefully and concluded for the dayThere were no obstructions in the survey work The survey report is confidential and it cannot be made public he saidVaranasi police commissioner A Satish Ganesh told PTI that Deployment of security forces has been made on the same scale as it was made on Saturday Also attention has been paid to ensure that devotees visiting nearby areas do not face any problems due to the survey Our responsibility is that an ideal atmosphere is established so that the court procedure can proceed without any hindranceAhead of the commencement of the survey Singh had told reporters that Efforts will be made so that the entire survey is completed today and on May 17 the report can be presented before the courtDistrict Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma had said on Saturday that almost 50 per cent of the survey work has been doneSurvey of more than 50 per cent of the place has been done The survey work is confidential and is done under the monitoring of the court So information regarding the places where the survey was done and what was found cannot be shared now he had saidIn his order on Thursday last District Civil Court Senior Division judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar had turned down a plea by the mosque committee to replace Ajay Kumar Mishra who was appointed advocate commissioner by the court to survey the GyanvapiGauri Shringar complexThe judge also appointed two more advocates to help the commissioner with the survey and said it should be completed by TuesdayThe district court had said that locks should be broken if the keys are not available to access certain areas of the complex for the survey It also asked district authorities to register FIRs if the survey was not allowedThe Supreme Court had on Friday last refused to grant an interim order of status quo on the survey The top court however agreed to consider listing the plea of a Muslim party against the surveyAdvocate Yadav had said the three courtappointed advocate commissioners five lawyers each from the two sides and an assistant besides a videography team will carry out the surveyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever