India, Jan. 8 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Wednesday said that it removed encroachment near the Faiz-e-Ilahi Mosque after it found that there was no ownership or rights existing beyond a small portion of land covered under a 1940 lease.

The corporation, in a statement, said that the 1940 lease deed covered only 0.195 acres of land in which a tin shed with a platform, a hujra, and a graveyard was situated.

On Tuesday, an encroachment removal drive was carried out at Ramleela Ground, clearing more than 36,000 sq ft of illegally occupied land after directions from the Delhi High Court, it said.

"Neither the Delhi Waqf Board nor the Managing Committee of Syed Faiz Illahi produced any ownership or right beyond the said lan...