A petrol pump that had allegedly been built illegally by Samajwadi Party MLA Shazil Islam Ansari was bulldozed on Thursday, days after the legislator was booked over a “provocative remark” against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The demolition of the fuel station at Parsakheda on the Bareilly-Delhi National Highway was carried out by the Bareilly Development Authority, using a bulldozer, an official said. Less than a week back, an FIR was lodged at Bareilly’s Baradari police station against the opposition MLA over remarks made by him against CM Adityanath.