India, Jan. 8 -- The situation in Central Delhi's Turkman Gate quickly escalated and spiraled into violence between Tuesday and Wednesday following a high court order on removing encroachments around the century-old Faiz-e-Elahi mosque.

Despite pushback from some people, who protested against the drive, authorities by Wednesday morning had torn down a banquet hall, a private diagnostics centre and a room where Haj pilgrims stayed, portions of a road, a footpath, and a car park, as reported by HT earlier.

Five people were detained after stone pelting by some local residents were reported, followed by a police lathi charge and tear-gas shelling.

Here is a timeline of how the events surrounding the demolition drive around Delhi's Faiz-e-E...