‘Mazaars’ were built on govt land, encroachments will be removed, says Dhami on Haldwani violence – India TV

Aap Ki Adalat: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has stated that ‘mazaars’ were built on authorities lands within the state and termed the act of “unlawful encroachments” as “Land Jihad”. Dhami, in a stern message, stated that the federal government would take away any mosque built on the encroached land, contemplating it as “encroachment”.

The Chief Minister burdened that his administration wojuld not enable a change in demography at any price.

Replying to questions on the latest Haldwani violence in Rajat Sharma’s ‘Aap Ki Adalat’ present, Dhami stated, “the federal government land like PWD land, irrigation division land, income land and forest land were encroached upon and ‘mazaars’ were built. These were unlawful encroachments. We dug out a number of mazaars and didn’t discover any skeletal stays. How can anyone justify encroachments?…This is ‘Land Jihad’”.

“We will not enable any change to the ‘mool swaroop’ (authentic options) of our Devbhoomi….If mosque has been built on encroached land, it will be thought of as encroachment, and will be eliminated. We will not enable change in demography of Devbhoomi at any price,” he added.

Haldwani violence

Violence broke out on February 8 over the demolition of an illegally built madrassa within the Banbhoolpura space, with locals hurling stones and petrol bombs at municipal employees and police, forcing many police personnel to hunt refuge at a police station, which the mob then set on fireplace.

In the violence, six rioters were killed and greater than 100, together with police personnel and mediapersons, were injured, in accordance with the police.

Uttarakhand Police on Friday (February 16) launched the photographs of 9 rioters who’re accused of making chaos in Haldwani’s Banbhoolpura space over the demolition of an unlawful madrassa earlier this month. The state authorities shared the photographs of “wanted” rioters through its X deal with. A glance-out discover has additionally been issued in opposition to the important thing accused within the violence Abdul Malik and his son Abdul Moid, the police stated.

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