During a demolition drive by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), a house of a rat-hole miner was also demolished who was among the rescuers who saved the lives of 41 trapped workers in Uttarkashi’s Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand last year. The DDA razed several houses in Khajoori Khas on Wednesday, and one of those now homeless is Wakeel Hassan, the rat-hole miner.

“On February 28, a demolition drive was conducted by the DDA to remove encroachment from its acquired land in village Khajoori Khas. The land was part of planned development land,” the DDA said in a statement, in response to a query about the drive.

The DDA said the demolition drive was carried out on land that was “part of planned development land”. Police said several structures built illegally were demolished during the drive.

In the video clip, Hassan also claimed that he had to go to a police station in connection with this incident. In the video clip, he was accompanied by Munna Qureshi, another member of his team who rescued the trapped workers, who also said they were beaten up by the police.