 However, some refute the claims of the Muslims, as in the late 1980s, Muslims including the late Abdul Samad had given a commitment that the Muslims did not want to worship inside the fort structure, in support of re-opening of the Jalagandeeswarar Temple.The local jamaath leadership was also against this move, and blamed fringe political organisations of whipping up communal dis-harmony.The church inside the fort was constructed during the early British period (Robert Clive, East Indian Company).