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To maintain law and order, he said, the entire city has been divided into sectors which have been allocated police force as per their requirement. Directives for flag march and foot march in
sensitive areas have also been issued, he said. Checking has been intensified in the district's border areas, hotels and guest houses, while an eye is being also kept on social media.
Five women had filed the petition seeking permission for daily worship of Hindu deities whose idols are said to be located on an outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque. The Anjuman Intezamia
Masjid Committee has said the Gyanvapi mosque is a Waqf property and has questioned the maintainability of the plea. Madan Mohan Yadav, a lawyer of the Hindu side, had said that the mosque
was constructed after demolishing the temple. The case is being heard by the district court following an apex court order. Earlier, a lower court had ordered a videography survey of the
complex. The survey work was completed on 16 May and the report was presented in the court on 19 May. The Hindu side had claimed in the lower court that a Shivling was found during the
videography survey of the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri complex but it was contested by the Muslim side.