EDMC reseals Gokalpur house, files police complaint

The civic authorities in East Delhi Monday filed a police complaint and resealed a property, a day after Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari allegedly broke open the lock of the sealed house in the Gokalpur area.

Sources in the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) said the property was being used as a "dairy facility" and was being run allegedly in violation of the Delhi Master Plan.

"We have resealed the property and filed a police complaint against the owner," a source said.

Tiwari had yesterday said that he was on a visit to Gokalpur where he was informed by locals that only one house among a thousand was sealed by the municipal corporation.

"I broke the seal of the corporation's pick and choose policy. The locals claimed all the houses were illegally constructed but a particular house was singled out for action by the corporation," he said.

Tiwari said he "wanted to appeal" to the Supreme Court and its monitoring committee to ensure that no such "pick and choose" action was taken in the name of the sealing drive.

"I will not even spare municipal corporations, even though the BJP rules them, in such matters," he had said.