Gurugram, March 30 Gurugram Police on Monday arrested a person for illegally setting up a slum with at least 150 huts on government land in Sector 53 and housing residents there, collecting money from them, officials said.
An official from Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) filed a complaint with the police on Monday, stating that a slum has been built on government land behind Judge Enclave in Sector 53, and the residents there are paying a man named Naresh Yadav (35) for housing and opening shops in the slum.
The complainant added that when the slum residents learned that the land was government-owned, they raised an objection with Yadav, who, in turn, threatened them and continued to extort money from them.
Based on the HUDA official's complaint, a case was registered at the Sector 53 Police Station, and a Crime Branch team arrested Yadav, a resident of Wazirabad village.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had built approximately 150-200 huts on HUDA land, and he was illegally collecting Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,000 from each hut, said the Gurugram police spokesperson.
