New Delhi Apr 21 PTI Around 150 members from various students organisations staged a protest at Jamia Millia Islamia here on Thursday demanding compensation for those who were left homeless following the anti-encroachment drive conducted by North MCD in violence-hit Jahangirpuri a day beforeBulldozers had razed several concrete and temporary structures close to a mosque in Jahangirpuri as part of an anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday days after the northwest Delhi neighbourhood was rocked by communal violenceThe Supreme Court had to intervene twice to stop the drive after it took cognizance of a petition filed by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind against the demolitionThe area had witnessed stone pelting firing and arson last Saturday with groups of two communities clashing during a Hanuman Jayanti procession The student groups said the protest march started from the universitys hygienic canteen to gate number eight against coercive demolition of Muslim properties and a mosque at Delhis Jahangirpuri They raised slogans demanding justice for the victims and also carried placards that read -- Stop Bulldozing Muslim Lives We are here for rights not riots Bulldozing is genocidal so are our silence among othersMusaddiq Mubeen president Students Islamic Organisation of India Jamia Millia Islamia said Various student organisations staged the protest to raise their concerns about the events that has shaped India in last few months especially the communal violence that broke out in Jahangirpuri and the anti-encroachment drive that was carried out without notice The student organisations demanded that compensation should be provided to the residents of Jahangirpuri who lost their homes during the driveThey also demanded that the civic body should be held responsible for carrying out the drive without giving prior noticesDespite the Supreme Courts order the civic body continued their demolition drive and only stopped when they received the notice What they did was illegal and we want the authorities to compensate for those who have come on the roads after their shops and homes were demolished Mubeen addedMembers of the SIO Fraternity Movement Students Federation of India SFI All India Students Association AISA All India Revolutionary Students Organization AIRSO Campus Front of India CFI and Muslim Students Federation MSF took part in the protestA day after the drive in Jahangirpuri the Delhi Police has beefed up security in the area and are also stopping the media from entering the residential area for reporting PTI AMP NIT TDS TDS

New Delhi Apr 21 PTI Indian Youth Congress activists were on Thursday detained by the police while staging a protest near Union minister Hardeep Singh Puris residence against the anti-encroachment drive carried out by the North MCD in violence-hit Jahangirupri a day before officials saidThe IYC activists were detained from the Akbar Road here while they were trying to reach teh Union Housing and Urban Affairs ministers residence they saidAround 25-30 activists were detained and taken to Mandir Marg police station said a senior police officerThe BJP is using bulldozers to crush the peace and harmony in the countryWe will keep raising our voice over such incidents including in Jahangirpuri where houses and shops of poor people were demolished illegally alleged IYCs national media in-charge Rahul RaoBulldozers had razed several concrete and temporary structures close to a mosque in Jahangirpuri as part of an anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday days after the northwest Delhi neighbourhood was rocked by communal violenceThe Supreme Court had to intervene twice to stop the drive after it took cognizance of a petition filed by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind against the demolitionThe area witnessed stone pelting firing and arson last Saturday with groups of two communities clashing during a Hanuman Jayanti procession PTI VIT NIT VIT TDS TDS

New Delhi Apr 21 PTI Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday attacked the BJP over bulldozers razing several structures in violence-hit Jahangirpuri during an anti-encroachment drive saying we see the rule of law break down everyday and soon there will be no law and no rules Several concrete and temporary structures close to a mosque were brought down on Wednesday morning as part of an anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation NDMC days after the northwest Delhi neighbourhood was rocked by communal violence The Supreme Court had to intervene twice to stop the drive after it took cognizance of a petition filed by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind against the demolition In a series of tweets Chidambaram said We see the Rule of Law break down every daySoon there will be no law and no rules Once arbitrary Orders override Law we are on the road to hell The Bulldozer represents the arbitrary OrderThe Supreme Court represents Law Yesterday we saw the Bulldozer defy the Law Lets see what happens today the former home minister said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had also attacked the government on Wednesday over the use of bulldozers in violence-hit areas and alleged that this is a demolition of Indias constitutional values and targeted against the poor and minorities PTI ASK DV DV

New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the petitions against the anti-encroachment drive in the Jahangirpuri area where violence broke out last week.