Juice Stall Razed, Delhi Shopkeeper Says He Has Civic Body Permit, But...
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Jahangirpuri demolition: "My shop is in my father's name. I asked them to see my papers. But they didn't listen, they used the bulldozer on the shop," Ganesh Gupta told NDTV
The bulldozers that ran in Delhi's Jahangirpuri for nearly two hours today despite a Supreme Court order to stop, razed the juice stall of Ganesh Gupta. His entreaties that his stall was running with the permission of the civic body, cut no ice with the officials.
"My shop is in my father's name. I asked them to see my papers. But they didn't listen, they used the bulldozer on the shop," Mr Gupta told NDTV in an exclusive interview today.
The demolition drive had taken place without any advance notice to any of the shopowners or locals, which opposition leaders have called "illegal". In a space of 2.5 hours, the nine bulldozers brought down more than 20 shops, handcarts and even the outer gate of the mosque that was at the heart of the violence during Hanuman Jayanti.
The officials refused to stop even when the news came of the Supreme Court order, saying they were yet to receive a copy. "There were no officers at the front," Mr Gupta told NDTV. "I was telling them about the Supreme Court order but no one was willing to listen".
