Sources in the Delhi police have revealed that Md Ansar Sheikh had convened a meeting a week ago to decide how they would block the Hanuman Jayanti procession.
The Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice NV Ramana ordered the authorities to maintain the status-quo on the demolition drive and not to continue with the demolition started by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation against encroachers in Jahangirpuri.
Just before the anti-encroachment drive began, the Delhi police and hundreds of security personnel in riot gear had conducted a surveillance of the area earlier in the morning.