A big cleanup effort by the city near Turkman Gate in Old Delhi got out of hand on Wednesday. This led to fights between the people who live there and the police. Things got worse fast when some people started throwing stones at the police and city workers who were in charge of the cleanup. The city had to stop the cleanup for a while and add security to the area. The people who live near Turkman Gate in Old Delhi were very upset about the cleanup effort. The city was trying to remove buildings and shops near Turkman Gate, in Old Delhi.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi did this work to get rid of buildings that people had put up on land without permission around the Faiz-e-Elahi Mosque and the areas near it. The people in charge said they were doing this because the court told them to and they wanted to get rid of the things that people had built on the land a time ago which were causing problems with safety and getting in and out of the place.. People got upset when they heard what was happening and a lot of them went to the site early in the morning, which made things tense. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trying to clear the land, around the Faiz-e-Elahi Mosque. This was a big part of that job.
The police said that some people in the crowd started getting really angry and they began throwing stones and things at the police who were there. The police got hurt, some of the people, in charge who were trying to calm everything down. So the police used tear gas. They tried to move the crowd away without being too rough. They also sent police to the area to make sure everything was okay again. The police wanted to stop things from getting worse.
The police filed a report about the fight that happened. They are using some rules that talk about fighting hurting people who work for the government and breaking things that belong to everyone. The people in charge said that they caught some people and are asking them questions and they also caught some people because of what they saw on videos. The police are looking at pictures from security cameras, videos from drones and recordings, from cameras that the police wear to find out who else was involved in the fight and the officials said that they already know 30 people who were part of it.
The situation, around Turkman Gate was really bad so they had to make it safer. They put up barriers at the main entrances and watched who was coming and going very carefully. Important police people stayed there to make sure nothing bad happened again. The people who live there were told to stay calm and not believe all the stories that were going around on the internet and social media.
People in charge said that wrong information was a part of what started the violence. Some people were saying that the mosque was being torn down which was not true. The authorities made it clear that they did not touch any buildings during this time. They only took action against buildings that were put up without permission on land. The mosque was safe. The authorities were only dealing with the unauthorized constructions, on public land.
Political reactions to the incident were mixed, with leaders across parties condemning the violence while also calling for better communication with local communities during such drives. By late evening, the situation had largely returned to normal, though police maintained a high alert in the area. Investigations are ongoing, and authorities have reiterated that strict action will be taken against those responsible for disrupting public order.
