LUCKNOW: Days after the murder of three members of a family in Lucknow’s Brahmani Tola, the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) on Thursday began demolishing the house of prime accused Rishabh Shukla after declaring the structure illegal.Officials said action was also being taken against unauthorised portions of two other properties linked to the case.The demolition was carried out following a court order issued to LDA over complaints of illegal construction and encroachment on Nazul land. The building owner was given the prescribed time to comply before the demolition action was initiated.Shukla has been arrested along with five others in connection with the killings of Shivaji Tiwari, Shivendra Tiwari alias Shambhu and Suyash Tiwari in the Naubasta locality of Brahmani Tola under the Saadatganj police station limits.The building was constructed without a sanctioned layout plan. During an inspection, the construction was found to be completely unauthorised, and the family members failed to produce an approved building plan or any other supporting documents,” LDA secretary Gyanendra Verma said.An LDA enforcement team had sealed Shukla’s residence on Oct 27 with the assistance of a heavy police contingent. On Thursday, a large police force was deployed in the locality to maintain law and order as bulldozers razed the illegal portions in the presence of senior LDA officials.
