If we try to understand the matter officially or governmentally, this incident of violence took place in Banbhulpura area of Haldwani. nainital district Magistrate Vandana Singh and Senior Superintendent of police Prahlad meena shared all the information related to the incident with the media. These government officials say that the whole matter is related to the campaign to remove encroachment and its opposition. The work of removing encroachment was going on in Banbhulpura at the government level. Municipal employees and policemen were engaged in this work.
According to district Magistrate Vandana Singh, two structures allegedly standing on 'Malik's garden' of this area were being demolished. local people are calling these buildings as madrassa and mosque. It is during the demolition of these buildings that violence erupts. district Magistrate Vandana Singh says that both these buildings were built illegally and there is no registration in the government documents. Not registered as a religious structure in government records. He informed that this is a vacant property and is recorded as Nazul land in the Municipal Corporation documents. This action was being taken by the municipality only after the deadline for giving notice and removing the encroachment was completed. The administration says that for the last several days, a campaign to remove encroachments was being carried out in different areas of Haldwani.
district Magistrate Vandana Singh also says that the violence in Haldwani was completely without reason. This was the work of anarchists, who were not trying to save the structures. On the contrary, they were targeting government employees, state government machinery and law and order.
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