Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Two Booked Over Claims AMC Ordered Ahmedabad Shop Demolition
Two security-agency employees made a video about shops being demolished in Ahmedabad.
They allegedly said the city corporation had ordered the demolition.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation said this was not true.
It said the landowner demolished the shops instead.
The demolition happened in the Nana Chiloda area.
Police booked the two men for allegedly pretending to act like public officials.
Their names are Rajesh Shankar Yadav and Kamal Manoj Pamnani.
Police said they would arrest them and investigate the claim.
Two Rajpur Security Agency employees were booked after allegedly claiming on video that the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation ordered a shop demolition.
The incident involved shops in the Nana Chiloda area of Ahmedabad.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation said the landowner demolished the shops and that it had no role.
Rajesh Shankar Yadav and Kamal Manoj Pamnani were charged with impersonating a public servant.
The case followed a complaint by Narendra Babu Patel, a North Zone Town Development Office inspector.
- Who
- Rajesh Shankar Yadav and Kamal Manoj Pamnani of Rajpur Security Agency were booked after a complaint by Town Development Office Inspector Narendra Babu Patel.
- What
- The two men allegedly claimed on video that the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation ordered the demolition of shops; police booked them for alleged impersonation of a public servant.
- When
- The report does not provide a specific date; it says the incident followed demolition-related events in Surat weeks earlier.
- Where
- The shops were in the Nana Chiloda area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
- Why
- The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation said the shops were demolished by the landowner and that the civic body had no role in the demolition.
Police Allegation
Civic Corporation’s Clarification
Who ordered the demolition?
Police Allegation
Police booked the two security-agency employees after they allegedly claimed on video that the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation had ordered the demolition.
Civic Corporation’s Clarification
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation said the landowner carried out the demolition and that the civic body had no role.
What happens next?
Police Allegation
Police Inspector BM Kataria said the men would be arrested and questioned about why they made the claim.
Civic Corporation’s Clarification
The civic body’s stated position is that it was not responsible for the demolition.
- Location
- Nana Chiloda, Ahmedabad
- Civic body named
- Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
- Accused
- Rajesh Shankar Yadav and Kamal Manoj Pamnani
- Employer
- Rajpur Security Agency
- Police station
- Naroda police station
- Charge
- Impersonation of a public servant
- Complainant
- Narendra Babu Patel, Town Development Office Inspector, North Zone