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2 FIRs for violating Periphery Act
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 3
The UT Administration today lodged two First Information Report (FIR) against unknown persons for violating the provision of the Periphery Act and encroaching upon public land.
Apart from taking legal action, the administration carried out demolition drive on a 13-kanal-chunk of land in Maloya village. An official disclosed that some people had raised temporary structure for a gurdwara. There was an alleged dispute over the land as one section was claiming it to be a graveyard site while the other section claimed land had been donated for gurdwara.
An official said those managing the gurdwara had been given adequate time to remove the temporary structure. After the deadline ended, the enforcement staff today removed the structure. A notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act had been issued for acquiring land.
However, residents of the area claimed that demolition was carried out as those managing the graveyard had an objection to the presence of a gurdwara there.
“Today they had to bury a dead member of their community so the administration was called to prevent any communal clash between the two groups. There is a dispute regarding the ownership of the land”, said those managing the gurdwara. The residents lament that the administration was adopting double yard stick in tackling violations. The structure of the Radha Soami Satsang had also been raised in violation of the Periphery Act. But no demolition had been carried out there.
Meanwhile, the enforcement staff also demolished the structure of a mandir which had come up on public land in the Industrial Area. The structure, adjoining the Needle Factory, had come up after being demolished.
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