News Desk :
The Baitus Salat Jame Masjid in Narayanganj’s Fatullah has been in the spotlight over the last 10 days after multiple air-conditioner explosions during a prayer congregation claimed the lives of 31 worshippers, reports bdnews24.com
As the dust started to settle, some startling revelations came from the inquiries into deadly blasts, presumably sparked by a gas leak from an abandoned, ruptured
pipeline running underneath the mosque.
Now, questions are being raised about the ownership of the land on which the mosque was erected and whether it had been built with the approval of the relevant authorities.
But the mosque committee has vehemently denied allegations that the structure had been built on Hindu-owned land or that it encroached on the adjacent street.
Instead, they claim the land was donated to them by four members of a family while the mosque was built in line with all relevant construction rules and regulations.
Established in 1960 in a tin-roofed room in Paschim Talla, the Baitul Salat mosque was redeveloped into a two-storey concrete building around 1991.
Members of a local family, Hossain Sardar, Shamsuddin Sardar, Aftabuddin Sardar, Siddik Sardar and his wife, donated the 8-decimal land for the construction of a mosque.
The mosque initially sprawled across 6-decimal land, while the remainder was left for the construction of a street on the northern side of the property. Later, an additional 1.5-decimal plot was purchased to facilitate expansion plans. The mosque now sits on 7-decimal land, according to its authorities.
The Baitus Salat Jame Masjid in Narayanganj’s Fatullah has been in the spotlight over the last 10 days after multiple air-conditioner explosions during a prayer congregation claimed the lives of 31 worshippers, reports bdnews24.com
As the dust started to settle, some startling revelations came from the inquiries into deadly blasts, presumably sparked by a gas leak from an abandoned, ruptured
pipeline running underneath the mosque.
Now, questions are being raised about the ownership of the land on which the mosque was erected and whether it had been built with the approval of the relevant authorities.
But the mosque committee has vehemently denied allegations that the structure had been built on Hindu-owned land or that it encroached on the adjacent street.
Instead, they claim the land was donated to them by four members of a family while the mosque was built in line with all relevant construction rules and regulations.
Established in 1960 in a tin-roofed room in Paschim Talla, the Baitul Salat mosque was redeveloped into a two-storey concrete building around 1991.
Members of a local family, Hossain Sardar, Shamsuddin Sardar, Aftabuddin Sardar, Siddik Sardar and his wife, donated the 8-decimal land for the construction of a mosque.
The mosque initially sprawled across 6-decimal land, while the remainder was left for the construction of a street on the northern side of the property. Later, an additional 1.5-decimal plot was purchased to facilitate expansion plans. The mosque now sits on 7-decimal land, according to its authorities.
