Amid huge controversy in Maharashtra over AIMIM chief Akbaruddin Owaisi's latest go to to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb within the state's Aurangabad district, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which protects the monument, introduced on Thursday it was being closed for 5 days.

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“Earlier, the mosque committee tried to lock the place however we opened it. On Wednesday, we took a call to close the tomb for the subsequent 5 days. We are going to evaluation the state of affairs after which resolve to open it or maintain it closed for one more 5 days,", the ASI's Aurangabad circle superintendent, Milan Prasad Chauley, informed information company PTI.

“The tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb will stay closed for 5 days to make sure that the regulation and order state of affairs within the state doesn't get affected,” information company ANI, too, reported the closure, quoting deputy CM Ajit Pawar.

In the meantime, ASI's motion got here after a mosque committee in Aurangabad's Khultabad, the place the construction is situated, tried to lock it after a tweet by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief, Gajanan Kale, by which he questioned the necessity for the tomb's existence and mentioned it must be destroyed.

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Akbaruddin Owaisi's Might 12 occurred at a time when the main political events in Maharashtra--the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance (Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Social gathering and Congress) on one aspect and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP), MNS on the other--were engaged in bickering over points such because the ‘azaan on loudspeaker' and Hanuman Chalisa. The Asaduddin Owaisi-led outfit obtained extreme flak for his youthful brother paying respect to a ‘tyrant.’

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“Take heed to me Owaisi, even a canine even is not going to urinate on the identification of Aurangzeb,” BJP chief and Maharashtra's chief of opposition, former CM Devendra Fadnavis, mentioned in a public rally final Sunday.

The row can also be resonating outdoors the western state, with the mayor of Uttar Pradesh's Agra calling for removing of all plaques bearing the Mughal ruler's title.

(With company inputs)