● Shockwaves After MCD Sources’ Claims — Encroachment on Government Land Near Ghazipur Police Station, Yet No Action?
● Construction Without Documents, Fake Identities, and Tablighi Jamaat Movement — Ghazipur Mandi Emerges as a Symbol of Neglected National Security
● Special Report : Ravindra Arya
Delhi Border / Ghaziabad
- At the Delhi–Ghaziabad border, in the Ghazipur poultry, buffalo, and goat mandi area, a serious issue related to administrative failure, religious land encroachment, and internal security—brewing for years—has now come openly into view.
This report has been prepared on the basis of on-ground inspection, conversations with local residents, mandi workers, and senior officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), along with available video and photographic evidence. Known for reporting on border regions, illegal encroachments, internal security, administrative failures, and ground realities, senior investigative journalist and writer Ravindra Arya presents this report based on direct observation and documentary evidence.
The report clearly establishes that in the initial phase of Ghazipur Mandi, around the year 2009, only one mosque (Jamia Masjid) and one temple were permitted by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi in the Ghazipur Dairy Farm Delhi-96 area. Today, the situation is that the temple remains just one, but in the name of the mosque, five illegal mosque-like structures have been erected one after another—without any valid map, documents, land ownership, or administrative approval—and have been operating for years.
Most shocking is the fact that this entire illegal construction exists extremely close to the Ghazipur Police Station. Around it, hundreds of jhuggis inhabited by Bangladeshi and Rohingya Muslims have developed on government land and within the mandi premises. Directly opposite are the DDA A, B, C, and D Block Dairy Farm flats, and from the mandi to surrounding areas, illegal mosques have continued to be constructed on government land, while the administration repeatedly claimed it had “no information at all.”
● Confidential Complaint by Dairy Farm Residents and Partial Action by MCD
Two years ago, local Dairy Farm residents submitted a confidential complaint to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi alleging illegal expansion behind Jamia Masjid on government land. According to MCD sources, acting on this tip-off, the large hall and rooms being constructed from foundation to lintel behind the illegal mosque were demolished. However, no concrete action has been taken till date against the original mosque-like structure and the other four illegal mosques linked to it. These religious structures, tin sheds, and staff-room-like constructions—built without any sanctioned map or documents—have been left untouched in the name of religious activity. Even today, prayer timing boards are openly displayed.
Open Religious Activities Inside the Mandi and the Presence of Tablighi Jamaat
During reporting, it was also found that inside the goat and buffalo mandi premises, prayers are still being offered with timing boards installed in temporary staff rooms and tin sheds outside them. Local residents say that Tablighi Jamaat groups have been staying and moving in and out of this area for a long time. What initially was a structure of approximately 15×15 feet has now transformed into five illegal mosques and a hub of religious activities. These illegal structures have proper boards installed in Urdu and English reading:
“Jamia Ghazipur Dairy Farm Delhi-96.”
Deliberately, no loudspeakers have been installed and no formal mosque-like appearance has been given, so that illegal encroachment, Tablighi activities, and the Bangladeshi-Rohingya network remain out of the administration’s sight.
Bangladeshi-Rohingya Network Collected Funds to Build an Illegal Mosque in Ghazipur Poultry Mandi
In front of and behind these structures, numerous encroachments on government land and hut-like establishments such as the so-called “Bhura Hotel” openly exemplify illegal occupation.
● Suspicious Movement, Influential Names, and Security Risks
According to local residents, mandi employees, and confidential MCD sources, people linked to the Tablighi Jamaat have regularly stayed here. Movement of suspicious individuals from West Bengal, Assam, the North-East, Bangladesh, and the Rohingya Muslim community background has been observed. Sources state that an influential person named Ahsan manages activities inside and outside the mandi.
Ghazipur Mandi remains active until mid night 2 a.m., where large crowds move without any verification, and disorderly activities raise serious questions about the security of Delhi-NCR. The main question now arises: when Ghazipur police and MCD employees are seen openly collecting ₹1,000 to ₹1,500 per truck as illegal extortion from trucks loaded with goats and buffaloes entering from outside, and when data of those trucks is recorded at permanent toll-like checkpoints and entered into registers, why is no data maintained for workers and labourers who come and go?
● When will this verification process be conducted?
Ghazipur Police Station Just 500 Meters Away, Hundreds of Jhuggis, and Police Attitude
Within just 500 meters of the Ghazipur Police Station, more than a hundred illegal jhuggis exist on government land. There is no public record regarding Aadhaar, identity, or verification. The situation in the Indirapuram area is similar. Police stating that “action will be taken only if there is a complaint” directly raises questions on the spirit of the Immigration and Foreigners-Related Bill, 2025.
Immigration and Foreigners-Related Bill, 2025 vs Ground Reality
Despite the law being in force, hundreds of illegal Bangladeshi-Rohingya jhuggis exist in Ghazipur Mandi and Indirapuram. Talks of detention centres appear to be limited only to paperwork.
● Fake Identities, Labour, Begging, and Organized Networks
Suspicious foreign nationals regularly offer prayers in all five mosques. A network of fake identity documents is active. Ghazipur Mandi has now become a hub of labour, begging, garbage picking, “land jihad,” and illegal activities. Members of the Bangladeshi-Rohingya Muslim community are now seen begging disguised as transgender persons with makeup and engaging in unnatural acts at various places, along with cheap labour. This network extends to Mayur Vihar, Noida, Indirapuram, Vaishali, Kaushambi, Azadpur Mandi, and Sahibabad Sabzi Mandi.
Yogi Government Directives and Administrative Inaction
Despite directives, there is no verification and no action. Serious questions arise over the administrative role.
● Administration, Intelligence Agencies, and Accountability
Police have avoided investigation. Intelligence agencies appear inactive. This is not about religion; it is a question of law, government land, and national security.
Media reports have earlier highlighted that in Seemanchal and Kishanganj near the Bihar–West Bengal border, labourers are turned into “Indians” for as little as ₹10, with links extending to Delhi-NCR. The fake Aadhaar card network has also been pointed out. For example, after SIR, hundreds of fake identity documents were found scattered in drains in West Bengal.
Despite clear directives by the Delhi and Uttar Pradesh governments to identify illegal immigrants, conduct verification, and send them to detention centres, no comprehensive verification drive or concrete action is visible in sensitive areas like the Ghaziabad–Delhi border—raising serious questions about administrative intent and responsibility.
● Information Given to Senior MCD Officials of Delhi-NCR Region and Next Action
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Delhi MCD Commissioner Ashwini Kumar (appointed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs), PA Mangal Singh, Vigilance Director Anil Kumar Yadav, Chief Vigilance Officer Neewa Jain, MCD Deputy Commissioner of the Ghazipur Mandi area Badal Kumar, and Ghaziabad Mayor Mrs. Sunita Dayal are being formally informed through oral submissions and email, along with video footage, photographs, and byte evidence.
- The questions remain the same : Government land, incomplete demolition, jhuggis, verification—who is responsible?
Public Interest Demand
A joint investigation, door-to-door verification, and impartial action.
Now it remains to be seen whether the administration awakens—or whether this silence continues to pave the way for a larger threat.
The questions still remain :
● How did these structures come up on government land?
● Why was demolition carried out only partially?
● How did the mandi premises turn into a hub of religious activities?
● Under whose permission were hundreds of jhuggis settled?
● Who is ultimately responsible for complete verification and action?
In public interest, local residents and social activists demand that all illegal structures built under the name Jamia Ghazipur Dairy Farm Delhi-96 be jointly investigated by MCD, police, DDA, and intelligence agencies, that the entire area undergo door-to-door verification, and that immediate, impartial action be taken against illegal encroachments. Now it remains to be seen when the Delhi–Ghaziabad–Noida administration responds to this open challenge—or whether this silence continues to serve as the foundation for a larger danger.
- Ravindra Arya
- Senior Investigative Journalist & Writer
