Dehradun, June 5 -- Acting on the directions of the District Magistrate, the district administration today prevented the weekly market selling prasad and other religious offerings from operating outside a disputed mazaar located near the Forest Rangers' Colony on Convent Road here. The action marks the latest development in the ongoing controversy surrounding the mazaar, which has been under scrutiny for some time over allegations that it is situated on Forest Department land and was subsequently entered in Waqf records despite questions being raised about its ownership and land-related documentation.

City Magistrate Pratyush Singh, accompanied by officials of Dehradun Municipal Corporation and the police personnel, conducted an enforcem...