Heavy police deployment and drone surveillance are being carried out to ensure peace and order in Bareilly after a bulldozer action was conducted on the property of Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) National General Secretary Nafees Khan.
The Bareilly Development Authority (BDA) on Saturday sealed the residence of Mohd Farhat Khan and the shops of Mohd Nadeem at Noumahla Masjid here, as part of an ongoing crackdown on illegal constructions linked to the recent violence in the city.
Nafees is an associate of Maulana Tauqeer Raza, who was arrested earlier as he emerged as the chief conspirator in the stone pelting case. Raza is currently in judicial custody.
Bareilly Range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Ajay Kumar Sahni said that many associates of Maulana Tauqeer Raza, who has emerged as the chief conspirator in the stone pelting case, have been arrested.
"Not just in Gujarat, but in Delhi and other parts of the country, such demolition incidents are continuously coming to light. And in many cases, as in Gandhinagar, people had stay orders issued by the courts," Rahul Gandhi said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, while hearing the suo motu case of deforestation in the Kancha Gachibowli forest area in Telangana, said that while sustainable development is important, it does not mean that forests can be destroyed overnight with bulldozers.
Ashu, one of the Kanwar Yatris, told ANI, "The Kanwar has come from Mansoorpur. We are inspired by Baba's work (UP CM Yogi Adityanath's work). So, we are taking this Kanwar. He has brought in such a good environment in UP. So, we are taking this Kanwar in his name. People are asking us about
Yadav cited the example of SP leader Mata Prasad Pandey, alleging that bulldozers were sent to stop him, with BJP workers and police officials involved.