09/06/2026
100 homes demolished in Surat. 30 more in Bharuch. One JCB. Zero demolition orders. Not a single person claiming responsibility.
This isn't an incident. This is a pattern.
Prayagraj, UP — June 2022
CM Yogi Adityanath directed officials to take "stern action" against protesters. His media adviser Mrityunjay Kumar tweeted a photo of a bulldozer: "Unruly elements remember, there is a Saturday after every Friday." Two days later, PDA Nodal Officer Ajay Kumar signed the demolition order for activist Javed Mohammad's home — a house legally registered in his wife Parveen Fatima's name. Notice was backdated and pasted on the wall hours before demolition. SSP Ajay Kumar oversaw the operation on ground. Supreme Court in April 2025 called it "illegal, high-handed and inhuman." Compensation: ₹10 lakh per family. Time taken: 3 years. Officials punished: zero.
Ahmedabad — April-May 2025
Police Commissioner G.S. Malik deployed 3,000 police and 50 JCBs. JCP Crime Sharad Singhal commanded ground operations. 10,000+ homes demolished. Stated reason: Bangladeshi immigrants. Reality: residents held Aadhaar, voter ID, ration cards. No foreign tribunal had declared a single person illegal. Advocate General Kamal Trivedi defended it in court as "national security." The UN formally called it a violation of international human rights law.
Surat — June 3, 2026
100 homes. Families living there for 40-50 years. Private JCB. Uniformed police watching throughout. BJP MLA Vinu Mordia — ruling party — confirmed no demolition order was issued and no record exists in municipal files. SMC Commissioner M. Nagarajan's response: "some structures were demolished by another party." The landowner has still not been named publicly. No FIR filed.
Supreme Court ruled in November 2024 — 15 days notice mandatory before any demolition. Officials personally liable if violated.
1,000+ documented illegal demolitions since 2019.
The law is clear. The homes are rubble. And the people who did this haven't even been named.