Authorities Bulldoze Slumdog Millionaire Child Star's House

Local authorities told reporters that they did not know the row of shanties they demolished was home to his family of Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, and that they were following orders to destroy illegally built shanties ahead of the monsoon season.

Ismail was asleep when a police officer woke him up and told him to leave his family’s home. Ismail said:

"A police officer took a bamboo stick to hit me, and I was frightened. We are homeless, we have nowhere to go."

Shamim Ismail, his mother, told the BBC:

"Our house has been broken down by officials. We have not been given any alternate accommodation. Earlier the authorities had said they would give us a house. But I don't think that will happen any more."