Shillong, April 15 -- The Khasi Students' Union (KSU) on Tuesday, April 14, targeted a mosque and shut it down, alleging it was illegally built in Meghalaya's Shillong city.

Tensions prevailed in the Lower Lumparing area of the city when the students' union claimed that the mosque was constructed without legal permits from local authorities.

"Muslims had constructed the Masjid illegally on this land without obtaining permission from the locality or from the concerned authorities," said KSU's Laban Circle leader Shiningstar Chyne.

The KSU claimed that the structure was previously allotted for a chowkidar's house to supervise a nearby Muslim graveyard. However, it was later converted into a mosque, according to the student group.

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