Jahangirpuris C-Block heavily barricaded residents stay indoors media entry restricted
New Delhi Apr 21 PTI A day after the NDMCs demolition drive following communal clashes Jahangirpuris C-Block the epicentre of Saturdays violence witnessed heavy security deployment and barricading as it remained out of bounds for the media and residents stayed indoorsThe air was tense in the area as even the usually bustling Kushal Chowk was calm and shops were shutThe inward and outward movement at the C-Block was regulated by the security personnel who have put in place heavy barricading there Kids going for an exam or children in uniform were allowed to move in and out of the areaThe police also carried out surveillance using dronesThe media has been barred to enter C-Block residential area because we have been ordered to do so We are doing this to maintain law and order situation here a senior police officer deployed in Jahangirpuri told PTIOn Wednesday BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporations bulldozers razed several illegal structures in violence-hit Jahangirpuri during an anti-encroachment drive But it was stopped following a Supreme Court orderA large number of police personnel and members of central forces and Rapid Action Force were seen guarding the violence-hit area on ThursdayResidential areas near the C-Block mosque from where the violence erupted on Saturday has also been barricaded from all endsLocals said roads leading to the mosque has been blocked by the security personnel with heavy barricading so no one including the media has any accesses to the areaResidents movement on both sides of the barricades — residents on one side and media personnel on the other side of it — has been completely regulated by the police Earlier in the day the Supreme Court extended the status quo until further orders on the razing of buildings Jahangirpuri area PTI ABU AKM AKM TIR TIR
New Delhi Apr 21 PTI A day after the NDMCs demolition drive following communal clashes Jahangirpuris C-Block the epicentre of Saturdays violence witnessed heavy security deployment and barricading as it remained out of bounds for the media and residents stayed indoorsThe air was tense in the area as even the usually bustling Kushal Chowk was calm and shops were shutThe inward and outward movement at the C-Block was regulated by the security personnel who have put in place heavy barricading there Kids going for an exam or children in uniform were allowed to move in and out of the areaThe police also carried out surveillance using dronesThe media has been barred to enter C-Block residential area because we have been ordered to do so We are doing this to maintain law and order situation here a senior police officer deployed in Jahangirpuri told PTIOn Wednesday BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporations bulldozers razed several illegal structures in violence-hit Jahangirpuri during an anti-encroachment drive But it was stopped following a Supreme Court orderA large number of police personnel and members of central forces and Rapid Action Force were seen guarding the violence-hit area on ThursdayResidential areas near the C-Block mosque from where the violence erupted on Saturday has also been barricaded from all endsLocals said roads leading to the mosque has been blocked by the security personnel with heavy barricading so no one including the media has any accesses to the areaResidents movement on both sides of the barricades — residents on one side and media personnel on the other side of it — has been completely regulated by the police Earlier in the day the Supreme Court extended the status quo until further orders on the razing of buildings Jahangirpuri area PTI ABU AKM AKM TIR TIR
