Bulldozers Stopped At Delhi's Jahangirpuri 2 Hours After Court Order
NDTV
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation sent nine bulldozers to remove what it called illegal encroachments in Jahangirpuri.
At 10 am this morning, bulldozers rolled into Delhi's Jahangirpuri, in the area where communal clashes broke out on Saturday during a Hanuman Jayanti procession.
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation sent nine bulldozers to remove what it called illegal encroachments in Jahangirpuri. It had asked for 400 policemen to maintain order in the area, which has been tense since the violence.
Along with bulldozers, hundreds of officers in riot gear surrounded some shops and a mosque where the clashes broke out on Saturday. "We are here to provide protection, and to maintain law and order," said senior police officer Dependra Pathak.
A petitioner who rushed to the Supreme Court to stop the demolition flagged what they called a disturbing pattern seen in states like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh - communal clashes followed by demolition drives targeting one community. The petitioner also said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi had not alerted anyone before the razing operation.
