Clash during temple demolition on encroached land

Seeing the SMC staff with bulldozers and trucks, the society residents gathered at the spot and started pelting stones. The Rander police immediately rushed to the spot and dispersed the mob. The injured engineers were treated at a nearby hospital.

A complaint has now been lodged with the Rander police station.

Daruwala said: 8220;The temple was constructed on a reserved SMC land. We had earlier given intimation to the society residents to shift the temple to some other place and had even given them sufficient time, but they failed to do so. Through our sources we learnt that they wanted to illegally grab the land using the temple as a pretext. The situation is under control and we have lodged a complaint in this regard.8221;