First big step in anti-encroachment drive: Govt demolishes part of Ali Sagar’s house

NC condemns move

The Newscraving Desk

Srinagar, Jan 25

A concrete structure raised by wife of Ali Mohammad Sagar, National Conference General Secretary, at Humhama in this central Kashmir district, has been demolished during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.

They said that a team of Revenue Department alongside law enforcement agencies reached the site at Airport road Humhama this afternoon and razed it to ground.

The structure, they said, was raised on the state land occupied by the Sagar’s wife adjacent to her house which is on the proprietary land.

“Apparently the concrete structure was being used as a guard room for the security personnel,” they added.

Meanwhile Ali Muhammad Sagar Wednesday termed the demolition drive carried out by the government as “sheer hooliganism”, saying that he was not served any notice by the authorities.

“Everything has a set procedure. We should have been served notice but they acted on a hearsay,” Sagar said.

JKNC condemns the dismantling of the outer wall at Party General Secretary @AliMSagar_’s house at Humhama. Such actions of the govt. clearly smack of political vendetta, and the misuse of govt. machinery for the same.

— JKNC (@JKNC_) January 25, 2023

(With inputs from GNS, KNO)