Two detained for hoisting saffron flag on Delhi mosque during Hanuman Jayanti procession
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Police detained two men on Thursday after they climbed onto a mosque in southeast Delhi's Tughlakabad and waved a saffron flag during a Hanuman Jayanti Shobha Yatra the previous afternoon.
The incident unfolded around 1:30 pm on Wednesday as the procession passed through the area. The men scaled the mosque's boundary wall and tin-shed roof over the wuzu khana (ablution area), where they danced, brandished a large saffron flag and a gada (Hanuman's mace), amid blaring music and a gathering crowd.
Motorcycle patrol officers swiftly intervened, detaining the duo on the spot. Authorities confirmed the situation de-escalated peacefully, with no violence reported and the locality remaining calm.
Such episodes during Hindu festivals like Hanuman Jayanti and Ram Navami have sparked tensions in recent years. Similar acts—Hindutva supporters climbing mosque structures to display saffron flags or chant slogans—have occurred in places like Siliguri (West Bengal), Mathura, and Bidar, often seen as provocative displays of religious assertion near Muslim sites.
