Punjab and Haryana High Court stops demolition drive in Haryana's Nuh district. Details here

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Punjab and Haryana High Court has restrained the Haryana government from conducting demolition drive in the state's Nuh district which was marred by communal violence last week. The High Court headed by Justice G S Sandhawalia took suo moto cognizance of the matter and asked the state government to not carry out any further demolition exercise until further orders.

The restraining order is yet to be released and the matter will again be taken up at 2pm. Nuh Administration has demolished over 750 buildings including houses, shops and illegal structures since the drive began last week, reported Hindustan Times.

Officials allege that demolished structures were built on government land and were used by the suspects during the recent communal clashes. Authorities on Sunday razed some illegal structures in Nuh district including a hotel-cum-restaurant named Sahara Family restaurant from where stones were allegedly pelted during a religious procession last week, reported PTI.

According to Nuh Sub-divisional Magistrate Ashwani Kumar, 16 structures were razed on Sunday including the Sahara Family Restaurant. He said that these structures were built illegally and were used by ‘hooligans’ during clashes that began last week.