Govt officials attacked during anti-encroachment drive in Noida, 4 held

Noida: A team of government officials came under attack during an anti-encroachment drive in a floodplain area in Noida, prompting the police to take four suspects into custody, an officer said on Friday.

The team of Noida Authority and Revenue Department had visited Sorkha village, under Sector 113 police station limits, on Thursday when the incident took place, the officer



said.

"The team had gone to remove the illegal occupation on the land. The encroachment was removed and then some people gathered at the site. 

When the team was returning from the spot, someone hurled a stone because of which the glass of one government vehicle was damaged," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Ashutosh Dwivedi said.