VHP accuses Delhi Waqf Board of land encroachment attempts

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has alleged that the Delhi Waqf Board, supported by some elements in the Delhi government, has been planning to illegally occupy the Millenium Park in Indraprastha in the name of a dedicated Coronavirus graveyard. The VHP has written a complaint to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal regarding the alleged illegal encroachments of the Indraprastha Millennium Park and urged to remove the illegal Board “Jadeed Kabristan Ahale Islam” erected from the gate of the park. VHP alleges land encroachment attempt by Waqf Baord According to the complaint, the VHP alleged that the Delhi Waqf Board has attempted to encroach the land inside the Millenium Park near Ring Road to offer it to Muslims, who are attempting to convert it to a graveyard to bury coronavirus deceased patients. https://t.co/kWc4C3kLIh pic.twitter.com/iuWudPBLDv — विनोद बंसल May 20, 2020 In an order last month, the Delhi Waqf Board had designated a graveyard near Millenium park, ‘Jadeed Qurustaan’, as one of the coronaviruses burial grounds and allowed performing the last rites of the Muslim coronavirus victims in the city. In the letter, the VHP has alleged that the Delhi Waqf Board had mentioned the ‘Jadeed Qurustan’ as their graveyard but the location they had mentioned comes under the park’s area.