After Shaheen Bagh, bulldozers in New Friends Colony, Mangolpuri

AAP MLA has also been detained by the police in Mangolpuri

A demolition drive to remove illegal structures is underway in Delhi's New Friends Colony and Mangolpuri amid heavy security arrangements. Bulldozers rolled into these areas amid a heavy police presence, a day after the demolition drive in Shaheen Bagh.

AAP MLA Mukesh Ahlawat has also been detained by the police in Mangolpuri for allegedly blocking the demolition drive.

On Monday, Bulldozers reached Shaheen Bagh as the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) pushed ahead with its anti-encroachment drive in the locality that was the epicentre of the anti-CAA stir a few years ago.

However, following dharna and sloganeering by residents and activists from the Aam Aadmi Party and Congress, the SDMC officials’ part of the demolition drive returned with bulldozers without conducting the exercise.

An anti-encroachment demolition drive was also underway in Mangolpuri by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC). AAP MLA Mukesh Ahlawat said he was against the drive and that the exercise should be stopped.

“When people have vacated the area, why are they (North MCD) creating inconvenience to them by using bulldozers by surrounding them. We are against it and it should be stopped. They need to prove first that there's encroachment,” Ahlawat was quoted as saying by ANI

A day ago, massive protests were seen in Shaheen Bagh when civic body officials reached the spot with bulldozers, following which the demolition drive was halted. The local MLA belonging to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had also joined the agitation staged by the locals.