New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- The Delhi Police have detained ten individuals and registered an FIR following violent clashes that erupted during a demolition drive near the Faiz-e-Elahi Masjid at Turkman Gate in the early hours of Wednesday.
The operation was conducted by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), aimed to remove an illegal structure on a 400-square-yard encroached area belonging to the Ram Lila Ground, in compliance with a Delhi High Court order.
Officials stated that a mob pelted stones and bricks at police and MCD teams during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. Videos from the scene showed individuals attacking police personnel. In response, police resorted to lathi charge and fired tear gas shells to restore law an...