Stones pelted as crowd protests partial removal of Ujjain’s Shahi Masjid for road widening

A large crowd gathered at the Shahi Masjid in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain on Sunday to protest the removal of a portion of the mosque for road widening. Tensions escalated on Monday as locals pelted stones prompting police to fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd. MP High Court is scheduled to hear a petition filed by the mosque committee.