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Tension over demolition

Staff Reporter

Watchman of building threatens to commit suicide

HYDERABAD: Tension prevailed at Madhapur on Saturday when locals tried in vain to prevent Serilingampally municipal authorities from demolishing buildings constructed `illegally'.

Madhapur police arrested a watchman Malleshwar Rao, who went up a five-storeyed building under construction threatening to commit suicide if the demolition drive was not stopped. Two otherswho tried to obstruct the officials also were taken into preventive custody.

Legal controversy

According to Madhapur Inspector S. Jayaram, 627 acres of land belonging to Ghatkesar Gurukul Trust got embroiled in legal controversy after the trustees sold some 110 acres to different persons. The High Court directed that no person should construct any building and maintain status quo.

In pursuance of court orders, the civic authorities demolished eight buildings, which had more than 1+2 floors. People building houses in the area surrounded the officials demanding that structures belonging to `powerful politicians' should be razed to ground first.

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