India, Aug. 10 -- With the Maurice Nagar police station currently operating from under a tin roof with crumbling walls, Delhi Police is seeking land for the construction of a permanent structure and has written to Delhi University, which owns the land in the area, in this regard.

In at least two letters addressed to the vice-chancellor Yogesh Singh over the last three months, police have stressed that the current makeshift structures have become inadequate to deal with the growing security requirements in the university area.

They have not heard from DU so far. "A committee has been formed to identify the land parcel and inform the officials at DU. We had identified two places and informed them verbally, but they have not given an answe...