The police on Saturday razed ‘unlawful’ slums, comprising 450 huts and boundary partitions, in Saraswati Kunj in Sector 53, allegedly raised by two history-sheeters – named in at the least 21 felony circumstances over the previous 9 years – on authorities land, officers stated.
The accused, recognized as Sahil alias Chunnu, and Anshul alias Munnu — each residents of Wazirabad — had settled an unauthorised slum on the land belonging to the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), in keeping with officers.
Investigators stated the accused used the land to hire out slums to low-income teams, which have been later used for different unlawful actions. Sandeep Turan, spokesperson for Gurugram police, stated, “Groups from the Division of Nation and City Planning (DTP) and HSVP assisted the police in demolishing the unlawful constructions in the course of the anti-encroachment drive.”
A listing of such encroachments by hardened criminals, who purchase property by unlawful means and use it commit crimes, has been ready, he added.
In accordance with Turan, Sahil and Anshul have been concerned in a number of thefts and imprisoned a number of occasions. “Sahil has 14 felony circumstances registered towards him at varied police stations, together with fifteen associated to theft, 5 for home trespassing and the one for receiving stolen property. Anshul has seven circumstances, together with six associated to thefts.”
The motion comes weeks after one other such illegally constructed construction raised by one other history-sheeter on a three-bigha authorities land in Sector-37 was demolished on February 5.
Officers stated at the least 5 such anti-encroachment drives towards history-sheeters and criminals have been performed within the district since December final yr. Earlier, on January 20, authorities demolished roughly 100 unlawful makeshift huts constructed on HSVP land in Sector 44 after receiving complaints about narcotics trafficking within the neighborhood.
