Jahangirpuri's C-Block heavily barricaded; residents stay indoors

A day after the demolition drive Jahangirpuris CBlock the epicentre of last weeks violence was put under heavy security cover on Thursday with several companies of police in riot gear making the area out of bounds for the media and residents mostly staying indoorsThe residents were asked by police personnel not to roam around without any reason The atmosphere was tense in the area as even the usually bustling Kushal Chowk was calm and shops were shutInward and outward movement at CBlock was regulated by the security personnel who have put in place heavy barricading Children going for an exam or kids in uniform were allowed to move in and out of the area More CCTV cameras have also been installed for strict surveillanceOn Thursday political leaders made a beeline for the violencehit area A delegation of Congress leaders including former Union minister Ajay Maken and AICC incharge of the state unit Shaktisinh Gohil was stopped by security personnel from going to C BlockDelhi BJP president Adesh Gupta lashed out at the AAP saying the other name of Aam Aadmi Party is danga party riot party There was no immediate reaction from the Aam Aadmi Party to these allegationsThe AAP had on Wednesday alleged that the BJP leaders and officials of the saffronruled civic bodies in Delhi got Rohingyas and Bangladeshis illegally settled in the national capital over the last 15 yearsEarlier in the day the Supreme Court extended its order directing maintenance of the status quo on the razing of buildings in the violencehit area and said it would take a serious view of the demolition that was carried out even after its order was communicated to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation NDMC mayorGupta said that that he wrote to east and south Delhi mayors also to conduct similar drives in their areas to bulldoze illegal encroachments by Rohingyas and BangladeshisThe demolition drive by the NDMC was launched in Jahangirpuri Wednesday following Guptas letter that came after violence erupted in the area during a Hanuman Jayanti processionThe drive however was halted after oneandahalf hour following a Supreme Court order to maintain status quoThe police also carried out surveillance using drones in JahangirpuriThe media has been barred to enter CBlock residential area because we have been ordered to do so We are doing this to maintain law and order situation here a senior police officer deployed in Jahangirpuri told PTIResidential areas near the CBlock mosque from where the violence erupted on Saturday have also been barricaded from all endsLocals said roads leading to the mosque has been blocked by the security personnel with heavy barricading so no one including the media has any accesses to the areaResidents movement on both sides of the barricades residents on one side and media personnel on the other side of it has been completely regulated by the policeAfter the Congress delegation was stopped from going to the violencehit area Maken told reporters that the demolition drive was an attack on the poor people and their means of livelihoodCiting court judgements he said the drive was conducted by violating rulesThis demolition is illegal I was an urban development minister too and I know how laws work They cannot do this without any prior notice BJP leaders are lying Maken saidIn his attack on the AAP Gupta alleged that it has become a party of rioters and the whole country is watchingThe AAP has not replied to a court case regarding 5 lakh illegal Rohingyas and Bangladeshi They do not have concerns for the people and the country but their only worry is votesSometimes back the Uttar Pradesh government had removed encroachments of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis but Kejriwal came forward and paid them Rs 10000 each and settled them back by providing them free water power and ration Gupta saidMeanwhile around 150 members from various students organisations staged a protest at Jamia Millia Islamia here on Thursday demanding compensation for those who were left homeless following the antiencroachment driveThe CPI M alleged that the recent incidents of violence across the country are not sporadic communal riots but iquestplanned attacksiquest by rightwing outfits using the Hindu new year and Ram Navami processions to target the Muslim communityIn an edit in the latest edition of Peoples Democracy the CPI M mouthpiece the party has referred to the violence between two religious communities across the country and said that this is a way to take the antiMuslim campaign to a new levelA fivemember Samajwadi Party delegation will visit Delhi Friday to investigate the NDMCs demolition drive in violencehit Jahangirpuri the party saidIt said the delegation comprising sitting and former members of parliament has been formed on the instruction of party chief Akhilesh YadavThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and 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