Congress leader Pankaj Sharma, son of former Minister and Congress party’s lok Sabha candidate from Raipur seat, Satyanarayan Sharma, was arrested along with his supporters for opposing the demolition drive of Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) in a slum colony based in Sheetla Nagar on Sunday.
Amid tight security arrangements, a team of RMC reached Sheetla Nagar for razing down the shanties. Meanwhile, Pankaj Sharma along with his supporters reached at the spot and started opposing the drive. Supported by residents of the slums, the RMC workers were not able to begin demolition work and a tensed situation was created at the spot.
Sensing the situation getting serious, police arrested Sharma along with his supporters. “Pankaj Sharma was arrested on the charges of obstructing government servants in discharge of their duties,” the City Superintendent of Police (Civil lines) informed The Pioneer over phone.
The arrested persons were brought to Telibandha police station from where they were released on bail. A case has been registered against Pankaj Sharma, Daulal Yadav and Imran Pasha, Telibandha police informed.
Notably, under the Master Plan for development of Raipur, RMC is shifting slums in a planned way and so far more than two dozen slums have been removed. Under the same plan slum in Sheetla Nagar of Telibandha area is being removed.