Supreme Court says no to CPI(M) plea challenging Shaheen Bagh demolition drive

Shaheen Bagh Delhi Demolition Drive Latest News Updates: Anti-encroachment drives in the Kalindi Kunj-Jamia Nagar area near Shaheen Bagh and in Sriniwaspuri were cancelled last week due to unavailability of police force.

New Delhi: fter the anti-encroachment drive at Shaheen Bagh was halted, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea by the CPI(M) against demolition of buildings in the area and asked the petitioner to approach the Delhi High Court on the matter.

Local residents of Shaheen Bagh stood in front of a bulldozer that arrived to carry out the drive and shouted slogans. Yasir Imam, a local resident, said that people had gathered against the “targeted demolitions”. The Delhi Police will provide security for a demolition drive that will commence in Shaheen Bagh on Monday, said DCP (south-east) Esha Pandey. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s anti-encroachment drives in the Kalindi Kunj-Jamia Nagar area near Shaheen Bagh and in Sriniwaspuri were cancelled last week till Friday due to the unavailability of an adequate police force.

In other news, Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, who was in the midst of a push and pull between police from three states, said that he had no intention of physically harming Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and that the Punjab Police was going after him for minor things instead of working to bust drug cartels.