New Delhi:The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday deferred till July 14 its hearing on a Public Interest Litigation seeking a CBI inquiry into the course of events that led to violence last month in Mathura when police wanted to evict squatters from a sprawling public park.

The petitioner Ashwini Upadhyay contended that the Uttar Pradesh government had in January 2014 granted permission for a group of 200 persons to hold a demonstration inside Jawahar Bagh in Mathura for two days.

“However, the demonstrators went on to illegally occupy the public park for more than two years. ,” he said.

He said eviction began only after repeated directions and warnings from the High Court. “All these things establish that those leading the squatters enjoyed the patronage and protection of people enjoying power and clout in the state administration,” Mr Upadhyay alleged. –PTI