Bulldozer to run over home of key accused in Prayagraj clash, family asked to vacate premises
India Today
The home of the main accused in the Prayagraj protests is set to be demolished and the family has been directed to vacate the premises by today.
The Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) has served a notice to demolish the house of Mohammad Javed alias Javed Pump, who has been identified as the main conspirator behind the violence that erupted in the city on Friday.
The PDA’s notice was pasted on the gate of Javed’s home in the city’s Atala area, informing the residents that they must vacate the property by 11 am on June 12 so that action can be taken.
The notice cites that the property has illegal structures which were constructed without taking the requisite permits and hence, in violation of several building and planning regulations.
The PDA said Javed had failed to respond to the show-cause notice sent on May 5, 2022, and had not vacated the building, as ordered in another notice issued on June 9.
The Atala area was purportedly the epicentre of the demonstrations against the inflammatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad made by now suspended BJP functionaries.
Police allege that Mohammad Javed gave the call for the protests that eventually turned violent. He was arrested and booked under the Gangster Act.
Following Friday’s protest, PDA teams began identification of illegal constructions and encroachments in Atala and nearby areas in an apparent follow-up to warnings issued by police and administrative officials about illegal properties of rioters being razed.
