Maulana beaten to death by 3 masked miscreants

Ajmer: Three masked men allegedly murdered a maulana in a mosque in Ajmer early on Friday. Maulana Mohammad Mahir (30) lived in Mohammadi Madina Masjid in Kanchan Nagar of Ramganj police station of the city. There were six minors in the mosque when he was killed.

Ramganj police station in-charge Ravindra Khegi said that the miscreants had entered the mosque from behind and after killing the maulana fled. They had threatened the children that if they screamed, they would kill them too. After this, the children were kept out of the room.

When the children came out screaming around 3 am, people got to know about the murder and informed the police.

Police said that the reason for the murder is yet not known.