India, Jan. 9 -- In the wake of violence at Delhi's Turkman Gate during an anti-encroachment drive, senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said people must remain cautious of the "communal conspiracy syndicate" which tries to take political advantage of such incidents.

He denounced the efforts of some elements to instigate communal violence near Turkman Gate during a demolition drive aimed at encroached areas.

The anti-encroachment drive near the Faiz-e-Elahi mosque in Delhi's Ramlila Maidan area on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday triggered violence as many people pelted stones at police personnel, injuring five of them, including the area's station house officer. Police used force and lobbed teargas shells to ...