MCD demolishes murder accused’s house in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday reportedly carried out a demolition drive and razed illegal portions of a house linked to one of the accused in the Uttam Nagar Holi clash case, in which a 26-year-old man was killed.

This comes after the family of the victim demanded ‘Yogi Adityanath’s bulldozer action’. 

Reportedly, the civic authorities reached the locality with the bulldozers and demolished the illegally constructed parts of the structure, not the entire house. It was the illegally encroached part built on the drain, said by MCD. They also added that they are removing illegal construction built upon the drains in the area as they disturb the water flow. 

During the demolition, the area was cordoned off, and police personnel were deployed.

This action was taken after Delhi CM Rekha Gupta condemned the killing and said Delhi follows a zero tolerance policy for such heinous crime.

On March 4, a clash broke out between two families in the JJ Colony area in Delhi's Uttam Nagar after a minor girl was playing with water balloons, one of which allegedly splashed on a Muslim woman. That clash killed 26-year-old Tarun Kumar, 26.

In this case police registered an FIR and arrested 7 accused including one minor. In continuation of the arrests earlier made in the case, the eighth accused has also been arrested.