Authorities demolished the over 70-year-old Hazrat Syed Barkat Ali Shah Pir Baba Dargah in Aarey Colony, alleging it was an illegal encroachment on government land within a green zone. Officials carried out the demolition under heavy police deployment. The action followed a campaign by BJP leader and former MP Kirit Somaiya, who had publicly demanded the shrine’s removal two months earlier, alleging it stood on government land.