The members of Sangh Parivar stopped the Muslims from offering the Friday congregational prayer in Udupi’s Kodavoor Jumah Masjid which comes in the vicinity of Malpe police station. This incident not only worries the Muslims of the area, but also those of the neighbouring areas. When Muslims informed the police about the incident, surprisingly the police officers themselves asked the Muslims to stop heading towards the Masjid for next three days and avoid the offering of Namaz there. Sixty-seven acres of land surrounding the Juma Masjid, called as Kalimath Jamia Masjid, belong to the mosque and is the property of the Waqf Board, but the people have acquired the entire land illegally except the area on which the mosque stands. The Muslims had approached the court for this matter and it had almost agreed to return the land to the Muslims.
But some Sangh Parivar activists protested and took the matter to the court. Muslims allege that from the time this case has reached the courts, activists are always behind stopping the Muslims from praying in the mosque, making issues out of nothing. Mr. Abdu Rasheed, one of the members of the Masjid, said a Tablighi Jaamat from Gujarat had come to the mosque. Making this an issue, some of the Sangh Parivar members objected and lodged a complaint in the police station stating that the mosque has been occupied by the terrorists. The police called the Jamat people for investigation and later released them after verification.