Locals, developer’s men clash over makeshift temple in Gurugram’s Sector 85

Inspector Virender Khatri, station house officer, Kherki Daula police station, said the developer had filed a complaint a week earlier alleging encroachment.

Published on: Aug 12, 2025, 05:07:54 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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A clash broke out between residents of a Sector-85 society and about a dozen suspects early Monday morning after they allegedly tried to remove a makeshift Shiva temple established near the society, police said. The incident occurred between 3am and 4am, and police were called to the spot to control the situation.

Tension between the two sides had been simmering for a month, police said. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Investigators said residents had set up a Shivling on a corner of a green belt connected to the society premises for worship during the holy month of Sawan, as the area had no nearby temple. The developer opposed the move, saying the land did not fall under the society’s limits. Tension between the two sides had been simmering for a month.

Inspector Virender Khatri, station house officer, Kherki Daula police station, said the developer had filed a complaint a week earlier alleging encroachment. “We had called both sides for a meeting… the developer had agreed to allot an area inside the society… residents had been assured they would remove the makeshift structure by Friday,” he said, adding no one has been detained yet as both parties are expected to sort the situation amicably.

Khatri said the structure was not removed, prompting the developer’s men to attempt its removal on Monday morning, triggering the clash. “Meetings will be held… Residents will be urged to shift the temple to the earmarked spot,” he added.

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Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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