After metal fence, ASI installs barbed wire at Aurangzeb’s tomb amid ‘kar seva’ threats | India News – The Times of India

CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Inside days of placing up a metal sheet to guard Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb in Khultabad, about 30km from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has now put in barbed wire between the sheet and the present marble grills that encompass the overthree-century-outdated tomb from two sides. The third aspect is a wall whereas the fourth aspect has a small entrance to the tomb.
The steps are being taken after proper-wing organisations threatened to do a “Kar Seva” just like Babri Masjid demolition if the government didn’t take away the tomb. Police have additionally been deployed at the tomb and motion to the construction has been largely curbed.
Feroz Ahmed, the sixthgeneration caretaker of the tomb, stated, “First the metal sheets have been put up and now barbed wire has been in stalled by govt authorities citing safety causes.”
ASI officers refused to touch upon the difficulty, stating it was not the fitting time for them to talk about it. Nevertheless, an ASI officer, who didn’t want to be named, stated, “It’s a protected monument and the accountability of govt is to safeguard it. If any harm is finished to any protected monument, it can ship a improper message internationally concerning the nation.” The tomb is located on the premises of the dargah of Sufi saint Hazrat Zainuddin Shirazi.