Uttarakhand HC junks Rs 2.5cr recovery notice to Haldwani riot mastermind

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand HC on Friday quashed a recovery notice of Rs 2.5 crore served to Abdul Malik, the alleged mastermind of the violence in Haldwani's Banphoolpura area. Malik is currently in jail.

The notice sought compensation for the destruction caused during the unrest on Feb 8 when a team of local administration and municipal corporation officials launched an anti-encroachment operation, demolishing an "unauthorised" madrassa and a prayer place. The structures were built on govt land that Malik had allegedly grabbed illegally.

Malik contested this, asserting that "he had not been convicted of any offence so far".

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