Haldwani violence: How an SC order stopped govt and allowed 4000 families of illegal encroachers to continue staying on Railway’s Land
The Muslim mob attacked authorities who went there to raze a madrasa built on illegally encroached government land near the Banbhoolpura police station under the ongoing drive against illegal encroachments.
The stone pelting by the rioting mob on Thursday left several persons deadand over 100 police personnel were injured. The violent mob surrounded the Banbhoolpura police station and set vehicles stationed there ablaze. The mob also attacked Haldwani Municipal Corporation workers including SDM. To bring the law and order under control, the local administration imposed a curfew and issued shoot-at-sight orders in Haldwani.
The Municipal Corporation team in Haldwani, Uttarakhand had arrived to demolish an illegal structure located in Malik’s garden under the Banbhoolpura area.
Officials said they had sent a notice to the management of the madrasa-mosque informing them that the structure was illegally built near the Banbhulpura police station. The madrasa management could not provide any documents to prove that the structure was not illegally constructed.
The Corporation had also previously seized three acres of land near the demolished site. A plea challenging the Municipal Corporation’s notice was heard by the Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday. The vacation bench of Justice Pankaj Purohit did not grant relief in the matter following which the authorities initiated the demolition exercise.
