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The campaign to remove the temple and tomb was started from 6 am itself.
A Hanuman temple and mazar were removed on Sunday morning in Delhi’s Bhajanpura area. The capital’s PWD department took this action to widen the road. The campaign to remove the temple and tomb started at 6 am itself. During this, a large number of policemen were deployed. Police monitored the entire area with drones so that no untoward situation was created.
On the other hand, PWD Minister Atishi in the Delhi Government has opposed this action. He tweeted and said- Mr. LG, I had written a letter to you a few days back requesting you to take back your decision to demolish temples and other religious places in Delhi.
Yet today on your orders a temple was demolished in Bhajanpura. I request you not to demolish temples and other religious places in Delhi. People’s faith is attached to them.
Additional DCP Subodh Goswami visited Hanuman ji before starting the campaign.
The action of removing the temple-mazar was recorded with a drone camera.
DCP said – the committee on religious affairs had taken the decision
DCP Joy N Tirkey of Delhi North-East said that the Religious Affairs Committee of Delhi had decided to remove a Hanuman temple and a tomb in Bhajanpura area. So that the road of Saharanpur Highway can be widened. Both the religious places were removed peacefully with the cooperation of the local people.
He said that both the structures have been removed with mutual consent. The temple priest himself placed the idols in the car.
The idols of the temple were kept in the car in the presence of the police.
SDM said – 15 days notice was given
Seelampur SDM Sharat Kumar told that there was a Hanuman temple at Bhajanpura Chowk and a tomb between the road. It was on PWD road. To remove these, 15 days’ notice was given to the people concerned, which ended on 15 May. After this, PWD removed both the religious places by running a campaign.
Last week, the Delhi MCD removed illegal constructions outside the Shani temple in Mandawali.