Hindu activists try to enter Jama Masjid in Srirangapatna

The situation in Srirangapatna turned volatile after some Hindu activists tried to forcibly enter the Jama Masjid on Sunday, 4 December.

Several hundred people taking part in the Hanuma Mala yatra tried to break a police barricade.

The police, however, managed to thwart their attempt.

During the yatra, miscreants also uprooted a green flag atop a house and replaced it with a saffron flag.

Police said they were probing the incident.

Hindu activists have claimed that the Jama Masjid, built in 1782, was constructed on the ruins of a Hanuman temple.