India, June 4 -- The Ghaziabad district administration on Wednesday demolished an alleged illegal vacant madrasa constructed on government land in Kallugarhi near Dasna.

The administration demolished the madrasa in the afternoon using earth moving machines after about 1,000 policemen also reached Kallugarhi. "There is about five hectares of government land, and the madrasa was constructed illegally over one hectare of the land. We also issued a recovery notice of about Rs.1.23 crore in the case. The land is valued at around Rs.25 crore," district magistrate Ravinder Kumar Mandar told media at the site.

Sub divisional magistrate Arun Kumar Dixit did not take calls for a response.

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