Supreme Court orders status-quo on demolition drive conducted by North Delhi Municipal Corporation in Jahangirpuri, DelhiPlea by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind against employing bulldozers to raze down houses of persons suspected to be involved in criminal incidents such as Jahangirpuri Clash mentioned before CJI NV Ramana led bench.
Heavy police was seen at Delhi’s Jahangirpuri – where violence between two communities erupted Saturday as a Hanuman Jayanti procession passed – ahead of a two-day anti-encroachment drive organised by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).The NDMC urged the Delhi Police to provide at least 400 personnel ‘including lady police/outer force for maintaining law and order during the encroachment removal action’.
The ‘demolition drive’ comes after a letter by Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta, who wrote to the NDMC mayor Raja Iqbal Singh to demolish ‘illegal’ constructions belonging to the ‘rioters’ in Jahangirpuri. Gupta alleged those involved in the riots had the protection of the local MLA.
Nine people, including eight police personnel, were injured in clashes in Jahangirpuri during a Hanuman Jayanti procession on April 16. Delhi Police has arrested 23 people – many Muslims – so far, including two juveniles. Five of the accused – including Mohammad Ansar, allegedly the key conspirator, and Sonu, who was seen on video firing a pistol during the clashes – face charges under the strict National Security Act.
