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In Delhi’s Bengali Market area is a mosque standing tall for almost 250 years which now has a bunch of debris lying next to as a part of it has been razed to the ground by Delhi administration with the assistance of Delhi Police. This part of the mosque was a Madrassa where about 125 orphan children were residing is now demolished.
On Tuesday, Land And Development Office (L&DO), the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) conducted this “anti-encroachment” drive and demolished the boundary wall of the Bengali market mosque as that wall was abutting L&DO property. A Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs official told The Indian Express that the mosque and the madrasa have been left untouched and only a part of a wall abutting L&DO property was demolished. However, pictures tell a different story.