Demolition drive: Delhi Police files FIR, arrests 5 over violence
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Wednesday registered an FIR and arrested five people in connection with the violence that erupted during a demolition drive near the century-old Syed Faiz Elahi Mosque in Delhi's Ramlila Maidan area, an official said.
Locals protested against the demolition and at least five police personnel sustained minor injuries when some people allegedly pelted stones and glass bottles at the force. Around 20-25 people were involved in the incident, police said.
According to officials, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was carrying out the demolition on the land adjoining the mosque and a nearby graveyard at Turkman Gate, following the directions of the Delhi High Court. The mosque was not damaged during the drive, an MCD official said.
In a statement, police said tear gas shells were used to disperse the crowd and maintain law and order, after which the situation was brought under control and normalcy restored. Officials said efforts are underway to identify those involved in the stone-pelting. Police are also probing whether the violence was a "pre-planned attempt" to disrupt the demolition drive. Police said an FIR has been registered against unknown persons under sections related to rioting, assault on a public servant, and obstruction of government duty.
More than 50 Delhi Municipal Corporation officials, accompanied by hundreds of police personnel, deployed 32 JCBs and four Porcelain machines to carry out a demolition drive on encroached land near the Faiz-e-Elahi mosque at Turkman Gate.
Locals protested against the demolition and at least five police personnel sustained minor injuries when some people allegedly pelted stones and glass bottles at the force. Around 20-25 people were involved in the incident, police said.
According to officials, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was carrying out the demolition on the land adjoining the mosque and a nearby graveyard at Turkman Gate, following the directions of the Delhi High Court. The mosque was not damaged during the drive, an MCD official said.
In a statement, police said tear gas shells were used to disperse the crowd and maintain law and order, after which the situation was brought under control and normalcy restored. Officials said efforts are underway to identify those involved in the stone-pelting. Police are also probing whether the violence was a "pre-planned attempt" to disrupt the demolition drive. Police said an FIR has been registered against unknown persons under sections related to rioting, assault on a public servant, and obstruction of government duty.
More than 50 Delhi Municipal Corporation officials, accompanied by hundreds of police personnel, deployed 32 JCBs and four Porcelain machines to carry out a demolition drive on encroached land near the Faiz-e-Elahi mosque at Turkman Gate.
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