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A information of Padma Shri awardee Olympian Mohammed Shahid's location successful Varanasi was demolished by a bulldozer successful a road-widening drive, triggering protests from the precocious hockey player's family.
According to the administration, the demolition was carried retired lone connected those properties for which compensation had already been paid.
The iconic hockey player's location is located on the Kachery to Sandaha route, wherever the demolition thrust was carried retired connected Sunday (September 28, 2025).
‘No compensation’
Shahid's sister-in-law, Nazneen, claimed that she had not received immoderate compensation and did not ain immoderate alternate property.
"We person obscurity other to spell with our family," she claimed.
His cousin, Mushtaq, said the household is preparing for a wedding scheduled successful October and alleged that the affected household did not person adjacent an inch of onshore elsewhere.
"If this continues, we volition beryllium forced onto the streets," helium said.
Mushtaq besides alleged that portion roadworthy widening elsewhere had been constricted to 21 metres, successful his locality, it was extended to 25 metres.
Six members received compensation, says ADM
Varanasi ADM (City) Alok Verma said, "In the roadworthy widening project, enactment is being taken to region lone those properties for which compensation has already been paid. Sometimes, during bulldozer operations, flimsy deviations tin occur, but nary operation is being arbitrarily demolished."
Asked astir Shahid's house, Mr. Verma stated that the operation housed 9 people, six of whom had received compensation. The remaining 3 had obtained enactment orders from the court, and their portions were near untouched, helium said.
"So far, 13 houses person been demolished arsenic portion of the drive," helium said.
Mr. Verma added that Shahid's household had earlier asked for much time, citing a wedding.
The administration, successful response, requested their Aadhaar and relationship details for the compensation transfer, but they failed to taxable the documents.
Congress slams BJP govt
Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai denounced the demolition of the sportsman's house.
"The BJP authorities has demolished the location of Padma Shri Mohammed Shahid. This was not conscionable a house, but a awesome of the nation's sporting legacy. The BJP government, which insults endowment and respected figures connected the onshore of Kashi, volition not beryllium forgiven by the people," helium said.
