Eviction from unauthorised colony triggers violence in Ghaziabad

By IANS,

Ghaziabad : An angry mob set ablaze a bus and pelted stones at police as some people violently protested the government’s move to evict them from an unauthorised colony here, officials said.

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Police used teargas and fired in the air to disperse the irate mob after a large number of people gathered and blocked the National Highway (NH) 24 at Ghaziabad, officials said.

People set a bus on fire and threw stones following the government’s move asking them to vacate the colony where they were living.

According to officials, the colony is unauthorised.