Part of madrasa in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar demolished for road encroachment
Bhavnagar: The Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday demolished part of the Madrasa-e-Islami Sarvajanik Trust building in the city for encroaching upon a road constructed under a town planning (TP) scheme.
Authorities said that the demolition took place smoothly, with senior officials and district police overseeing the action.
Bhavnagar Municipal Commissioner Narender Kumar Meena stated that the madrasa’s structure was obstructing a 24-metre-wide TP road. “A final order of removal of the portion of the building was passed two years ago after hearing the madrasa authorities and the matter has gone to High Court, but there was no stay order against demolition from the HC,” The Indian Express quoted Meena as saying.
Only the boundary wall and some residential parts of the madrasa have been demolished, Meena added.
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Man sets fire to gas cylinder on truck in Kerala's Kottayam, held
Kottayam(Kerala) (PTI): A 33-year-old man climbed onto a parked truck carrying cooking gas cylinders and set fire to one of them near Thalayolaparambu in the small hours of Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred around 12.30 am, they said.
The fire and rescue personnel soon arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire, averting a major disaster.
According to police, the man is suspected to be under mental distress as he claimed that he was walking from Ernakulam to his home in Marangattupilly here when he saw the truck on the roadside.
An FIR under sections 329(3)(criminal trespass),324(2)(mischief),326(f)(mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was lodged against him.
Police said that the man was formally arrested, but will be released on station bail as the offences he is accused of are bailable.
"His family is here at the station and he will be released to them," the officer said.
In the FIR, police have said that the man opened the seal of one of the gas cylinders and set fire to it with the knowledge that his act was dangerous to those living in the area.
According to the company transporting the cooking gas cylinders, it suffered a loss of Rs 2,300 in the incident.
