3 JCBs, 2-storey home, 5 hours of demolition: Action after Prayagraj violence
India Today
Heavy police deployment was seen outside Mohammed Javed’s home in the Prayagraj's Atala area on Sunday ahead of a planned demolition of his two-storey home. Javed has been identified as the key conspirator in the Prayagraj clashes.
It took five hours and three bulldozers to demolish the 2-storey residence of Javed Mohammad, an accused in Prayagraj clashes. Mohammad Javed alias Javed Pump has been identified as the main conspirator behind the violence.
A day before, Uttar Pradesh Police said that the accused would be booked under the Gangster Act and all illegal property would be razed. And on Sunday, June 12, bulldozers rolled in Prayagraj in the aftermath of violence that erupted in the city over remarks on Prophet Muhammad by Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal.
Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) had put a demolition notice at Mohammad's house, asking him to vacate the house by 11am today. The demolition notice says the house was “illegally constructed”.
Heavy police deployment was seen outside Mohammed Javed aka Javed Pump's home in the Atala area on Sunday ahead of a planned demolition. Police alleged that the house is an illegal structure and would have to be razed. Javed’s family had been asked to vacate the house till 11 am today.
Around 12:30pm, a bulldozer rolled into the narrow lane where the house was located.
A second bulldozer was soon brought in to demolish the boundary wall of the house. The first digger pulled down the gate after police knocked on it several times to call out Mohammed's family members, who were still inside the house. They had been ordered to vacate the premises before action by the Prayagraj Development Authority to raze the house today.
Five hours later, the two-storey house of Javed Mohammad was completely demolished.
