New Delhi, June 15 -- Several shops around the Bhai Ram (BR) Camp, one of the three jhuggi-jhopdi clusters behind Delhi Race Club facing eviction, were demolished by authorities on Sunday. While authorities said the action was taken in compliance with an order of the Delhi High Court, locals alleged that it was conducted without prior intimation and even as legal proceedings related to rehabilitation are ongoing.

The eviction is part of the central government's move to reclaim properties situated within the high-security Safdarjung Road-Lok Kalyan Marg zone surrounding the Prime Minister's residence.

The demolition drive was carried out on Sunday by the Land & Development Office (L&DO), under the Union ministry of housing and urban affa...