Was detained when I went to meet residents of Bhoomiheen Camp: Atishi
Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader and Leader of the Opposition Atishi on Tuesday said the police detained her when she went to meet residents of Bhoomiheen Camp in Kalkaji, south Delhi, which is set to be demolished on Wednesday.
Rejecting her claims, a police officer said Ms. Atishi was 'not detained' but 'removed' from the site under the Delhi Police Act's Section 65 (If someone resists, refuses, or fails to comply, the police officer can remove the person, produce them before a Metropolitan Magistrate, or release them in trivial cases).
The camp is situated on land owned by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), and the DDA has issued an eviction notice to its residents.
However, there was no reaction by the DDA over the claims demolishing planned for Wednesday.
At a press conference, Ms. Atishi said, 'The DDA and Delhi Police have planned a bulldozer action tomorrow (Wednesday) at Bhoomiheen Camp. Today, the entire area was fortified by the police and the Central Reserve Police Force personnel, who began forcibly evicting the residents from their homes.'
The former Chief Minister said that the camp's residents are not encroachers, as claimed by the DDA, but have been living there for decades. 'They work in the Kalkaji area; their children study in nearby schools. If their homes are demolished, where are they supposed to go,' she asked.
Ms. Atishi alleged that she was 'assaulted' by the police. 'It is disgraceful. The Deputy Commissioner of Police of that area physically assaulted a two-time elected MLA, who is also the Leader of the Opposition and a woman who had come to hear public grievances. In a democracy, doesn't an MLA have the right to meet her constituents?' she alleged.
The AAP leader said that of the 3,024 flats built by the DDA in Kalkaji under its in situ rehabilitation programme, only 1,862 flats have been allotted to beneficiaries so far. 'Why are the remaining flats vacant,' she asked.
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