Overview
- MCD teams cleared alleged unauthorised structures adjoining the Faiz-e-Ilahi mosque and graveyard in line with a High Court directive and a December 22 order limiting protection to the mosque’s 0.195-acre lease.
- Police reported stone-pelting by sections of the crowd, used tear gas to disperse protesters, and said at least five personnel suffered minor injuries.
- Authorities deployed over 10 companies of police and Rapid Action Force, divided the area into nine zones, and used drones, CCTV and body cameras for documentation.
- Officials said about 17 bulldozers removed structures including a banquet hall and a dispensary that a multi-agency survey had flagged as encroachments.
- The mosque managing committee argues the land is notified waqf property and is challenging the MCD order, while the civic body says the mosque’s leased footprint was not touched.