Mangalore: A land dispute between Jhone Baptist Louis of Patrao lane and St Aloysius College management ended with house demolishing on June 26, Thursday evening.
John Baptist Louis (57) along with his two daughters were residing the venue past 40 years. The St Aloysius College management along with demolition team arrived the spot around 2.30 PM when Mr. John Baptist was alone. The team demolished the house with help of a JCB, they not given a option to remove their valuables before the demolition.
Baptist two daughters returned immediately in this incident, their belongings including a laptop remained under the wreckage.
In a matter of half an hour, it was all over. We had no notice. Men took me by the throat and dragged me out,” Baptist said.
Following the demolition, the family has lodged a complaint with the Mangalore North Police Station. Both Mr. Louis and the College have been maintaining that he had been staying at the tiled-roof house on a 38 cent land as a caretaker for the original owner Alice Lydia D’Souza, after whose death in 1990, the property was bequeathed to St. Aloyisus College on the condition that her nephew Errol Gonsalves could live there until his death. With the death of Mr. Gonsalves in July 2013 the college authorities have laid claim to the property describing his occupation as illegal.