Delhi Development Authority on Wednesday demolished a shelter home in southeast Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan, a plea challenging which was allowed by the Supreme Court for urgent mentioning.
Sources in the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) said the demolition drive was conducted to make way for a proposed metro corridor in the area. Security was beefed up near the shelter home at Sarai Kale Khan with police personnel being deployed and barricades erected around the area.
The Delhi Police had asked Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to shift the night shelter at Sarai Kale Khan before the scheduled G20 summit in September amid concerns that it is being used by criminals and miscreants, officials said on Tuesday.
In a letter to the DUSIB, police said the shelter home is close to the Sarai Kale Khan interstate bus terminal and, therefore, people from across the country avail the facility.
“The identity proofs of the people staying in the night shelter are not thoroughly verified and criminals and miscreants often use it as a hiding place after submitting forged Aadhaar cards and other proofs,” the letter said.
The city police said it has often been observed that it is the “favourite hideout” of bad characters and history-sheeters. It always remains full at night and people staying there often create a ruckus after getting drunk, it said.
(With PTI inputs)
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