The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) on Thursday demolished unauthorised portions of the home of Rishabh Shukla, the prime accused in the killing of three members of a family in Lucknow's Brahmani Tola area, officials said. Action was also initiated against illegal portions of two other properties linked to the case.

Source: Urban Acres

The demolition followed a court order issued to the LDA after complaints of illegal construction and encroachment on Nazul land. According to the LDA, Shukla's house had been constructed without a sanctioned layout plan, LDA secretary Gyanendra Verma said. The LDA enforcement team had earlier sealed Shukla's residence on October 27 with assistance from a heavy police contingent.

Source: Urban Acres

Television and local reports from Lucknow also showed the LDA team carrying out the bulldozer action at the accused's house on Thursday, with officials and a police force present at the spot.

Source: TezzBuzz (BSTV Live report, Nov 12)

The action is the latest development in the Saadatganj case first reported on October 26, when three members of the Tiwari family — Shivaji Tiwari, his brother Shivendra Tiwari alias Shambhu and Shivaji's son Suyash Tiwari — were killed in firing in the Naubasta locality of Brahmani Tola, under Saadatganj police station limits, after a dispute over parking and the construction of a platform. Shukla was arrested along with five others in connection with the killings, according to the reports.

Source: Daily Jagran (Oct 26 report)

Officials said the demolition action concerns alleged violations of construction and land-use rules and does not determine the criminal case against the accused, who remains an accused in the murder case. The reports did not specify the total area demolished or give details of the unauthorised portions of the two other properties.