Shakur Basti West Delhi

Hours after a demolition squad razed 1,000 homes in a west Delhi area, leaving families in the open in the rising cold, a baby was born under a tarpaulin sheet.

Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu today dubbed as "untrue" allegations of an infant's death during a demolition drive in west Delhi and claimed the child died much earlier.

Rahul Gandhi today attacked the Centre and the Kejriwal government in Delhi over the razing of a slum cluster by Railways where a baby died, as he visited the site in Shakur Basti area of West Delhi and assured the homeless that he will fight their "battle".

The demolition of hundreds of homes in a slum cluster in west Delhi in which a six-month-old baby allegedly died, touched off a political storm on Monday with Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) targeting the Centre and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacking them both.

Mohammad Anwar stares blankly as his neighbours in the Shakur Basti area rummage through the remains of the shanties that were demolished by the railways a day earlier.

The Delhi government has ordered a magisterial probe into the demolition of over 500 shanties during an anti-encroachment drive conducted by the Railway police in a west Delhi slum. One child is alleged to have died during the demolition while hundreds were left exposed to the cold.

Hours after a demolition squad razed 1,000 homes in a west Delhi area, leaving families in the open in the rising cold, a baby was born under a tarpaulin sheet.

Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu today dubbed as "untrue" allegations of an infant's death during a demolition drive in west Delhi and claimed the child died much earlier.

Rahul Gandhi today attacked the Centre and the Kejriwal government in Delhi over the razing of a slum cluster by Railways where a baby died, as he visited the site in Shakur Basti area of West Delhi and assured the homeless that he will fight their "battle".

The demolition of hundreds of homes in a slum cluster in west Delhi in which a six-month-old baby allegedly died, touched off a political storm on Monday with Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) targeting the Centre and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacking them both.

Mohammad Anwar stares blankly as his neighbours in the Shakur Basti area rummage through the remains of the shanties that were demolished by the railways a day earlier.

The Delhi government has ordered a magisterial probe into the demolition of over 500 shanties during an anti-encroachment drive conducted by the Railway police in a west Delhi slum. One child is alleged to have died during the demolition while hundreds were left exposed to the cold.