A meeting of Moon sighting committee was held yesterday under the Chairmanship of Maulana Syed Mohammed Qubool Basha Quadri Shuttari, Secretary, Sadar Majlis-e-Ulema-e-Deccan at Hussaini Building, Moazzam Jahi Market.
The sky in the city was cloudy. Moon was not sighted. The news from Gulbarga, Nanded, Surat (Gujarat) Allahahabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Pulwari Shareef (Bihar), Patna and Bhopal were received. The moon was not sighted in all these cities.
Chief Qazi Balhari Shareef Mr. Ghulam Ghouse Siddiqui informed that he has seen the moon. In Makhtal, Mr. Abdul Haleem Kausar also saw the Moon. The news of sighting the moon was also received from Coimbatore. Taking into consideration the statements of all these witnesses, the committee announced that Tuesday the 18th September will be 1st of Zeekhada.
——Siasat News