India, July 31 -- Members from the Muslim community offered prayers on a hastily readied piece of land adjacent to the boundary wall of the Kamala Maula Dargah near the Bhojshala complex in Dhar on Friday, after a two-week gap.

The administration levelled a farm land with a JCB machine, spread plastic sheets over the rain-soaked muddy soil and allowed the prayers after 2 pm on Friday.

Police had to be deployed ahead of the prayers after local residents objected to the administration's decision to allocate the land to the Muslim community. Officials said the complaining locals claimed the allocated land was privately-owned but failed to show any legal papers.

A local resident Radha Devda said, "This is private land and belongs to my fat...