National Conference top leader’s house bulldozed in Kashmir, party says ‘sheer hooliganism’ 

A portion of house belonging to the wife of NC leader and ex-minister Ali Muhammad Sagar was razed down by the Revenue department

The Lieutenant Governor’s (L-G) administration on January 25 demolished an alleged illegal structure erected by the wife of senior National Conference (NC) leader and ex-minister Ali Muhammad Sagar in Srinagar, in the wake of a drive started against those who encroached the ‘State land’ in Jammu and Kashmir.

A bulldozer was used by the Revenue Department to bring down a boundary wall and a structure next to the house of Mr. Sagar. According to officials, Mr. Sagar’s wife Saleema owns three kanals (0.375 acres) and 16 marlas (0.1 acres) under Khasra No. 1015 near the Srinagar airport located in Budgam district. However, six marlas (.037 acres) of “State” land was encroached by the family where structures were raised.  

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According to the Revenue department, demolition was carried out of the office-cum-guard room of NC’s Sagar.

Mr. Sagar, a close aide of NC president Dr. Farooq Abdullah, termed the action as “sheer hooliganism.”

“There are set procedures. We should have been served a notice but they acted on a hearsay,” Mr. Sagar said.

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