Cong workers protest, demanding opening of Haj House

Congress workers and members of the Muslim community held a protest demonstration, demanding that the Haj House here be opened for the pilgrims this evening.
The protestors blocked the GT Road near the Hindon river bridge. According to the police, the protestors pelted stones at their vehicles, when asked to vacate the place, resulting in injuries to a few constables.
The mob also allegedly misbehaved with a lady constable, they added.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Anoop Singh said the protestors offered namaz outside the Haj House and subsequently, staged a sit-in there.
He added that they also tried to break open the lock of the premises.

Police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the mob and detained three Congress office-bearers -- Naseem Khan, Pooja Chaddha and Sameer Khan -- Singh said, adding that the situation was now under control.

The procedure for registering an FIR against them was underway, he said.
Earlier, the Muslim Maha Sabha and the Peace Party gave a memorandum to the district administration demanding that the Haj House be opened.
The then UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav had inaugurated the facility in September last year. The multi-storey building, meant to serve as a transit-cum-facilitation centre for the Haj pilgrims, is caught up in litigation at the National Green Tribunal (NGT).