Heated exchange between Town Planner, former BJP MLA over demolition of 'illegal' Gurugram colony
Sanjay Yadav
Gurugram, June 10
A heated exchange occurred between former BJP MLA Umesh Agarwal and District Town Planner RS Bath while the latter was carrying out a demolition drive at a colony owned Agarwal near the Kherki Daula toll in Gurugram on Friday.
Agarwal called the police and filed a complaint accusing Bath of allegedly defying a court-ordered stay and “illegally demolishing his upcoming colony”.
Agarwal said that the local court had stayed the demolition and the next hearing was scheduled on July 1. He has also claimed that the demolition violated the High Court order issued on April 28 which banned demolition in the state.
“The officer is known to behave like a dictator. He followed no protocol, violated court orders and when we reminded him of the same he declared he was the ultimate court, police and magistrate and we have to bow to his will. We shall not take this and have gone for FIR against him, ” said Agarwal.
“We have done this legally. The court had not just stayed demolition but also construction. Agarwal was illegally carrying on with construction so we had to stop him,” responded Bath.
A demolition drive was conducted by Bhat in the colony being illegally developed near Kherki Daula toll plaza. The DTP staff said that an illegal colony was being developed in about 6 acres of land. An FIR had also been registered against former MLA Umesh Aggarwal and others at Kherki Daula police station in the past but despite that, work was on to set up the road network and electricity supply.
As per the complaint, former MLA Agarwal said: “One case titled Deepak Chugh Verses DTP is pending before the civil court of Gurugram. Vide the order dated 24.02.2021 the court restrained the defendant from demolishing the said property. Today four JCBs headed by DTP R S Bath, ATP Ashish and others including police staff reached the unit at around 10:45 am and started damaging the property and small trees were also broken.”
Police said that they have received a complaint and action will be taken as per the law after verifying the facts.
