NDMC Vice Chairperson Kuljeet Singh Chahal on Wednesday welcomed the demolition drive carried out by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) near Faiz-e-Elahi Masjid at Turkman Gate, saying that encroachments had increased in several parts of the locality.
Delhi Police on Wednesday registered an FIR against unknown persons in connection with the stone-pelting incident at Turkman Gate, where a police team came under attack during an official action in the area.
Rapid Action Force was deployed on Wednesday near the Faiz-e-Elahi Masjid in the Turkman Gate area of the national capital after the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) carried out a demolition drive at an encroached site, following directions of the Delhi High Court.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) carried out a demolition drive near Faiz-e-Elahi Masjid at Turkman Gate here on Wednesday, in compliance with the directions of the Delhi High Court, to remove an encroachment from the area.
A heavy police force was deployed near Turkman Gate on Wednesday morning as the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) carried out the demolition of illegal constructions near Faiz-e-Ilahi Mosque.
A 72-year-old man was allegedly shot by his grandsons in Turkman Gate area on Tuesday morning over a long-standing property dispute, police said. The firing incident was reported at Chandni Mahal police station.
"We have lit a bonfire to stop the shivering. We are helpless people. All we have is just this bonfire. We do not have any other support," says an old man at Delhi's Turkman Gate.