Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan was detained on Thursday, hours after he visited South Delhi's Madanpur Khadar area, where an anti-encroachment drive was underway. Protests erupted in the area after Khan accused the Municipal Corporation officials of demolishing the houses of the poor.
According to the details, two five-storey under-construction buildings were being demolished in the area.
"The building was under construction for the past one year," a local said.
Speaking to the media, the AAP MLA said, "You said that you will remove encroachments. I am with you in this. But you are demolishing poor people's houses. There is not a single encroachment in this area."
"I am ready to go to jail if it saves the houses of poor people. There is no encroachment here. I will support them (civic body) in demolition if there is any encroachment," Amanatullah Khan said.
Amanatullah Khan also took to Twitter and shared pictures from Madanpur Khadar.
"I stepped in and halted the demolition drive in Madanpur Khadar, where the MCD is running bulldozers over the houses of the poor," Khan wrote on Twitter.
"I assure you I won't let any poor become homeless," he added.
The situation is currently volatile in the area, with heavy deployment of police and paramilitary forces to take care of the law and order situation.
(With inputs from IANS)
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