Tension prevailed in Afzalgunj as GHMC officials, backed by police, demolished footpath encroachments following High Court orders. Shopkeepers and AIMIM supporters protested the operation, claiming they received no notice. Police eventually restored order and the demolition was completed

Hyderabad: Tension escalated at Afzalgunj when the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) initiated the demolition of footpath encroachments on Thursday.

According to the GHMC Deputy Commissioner, G Uma Shankar, the operation aimed at clearing illegal structures based on the High Court orders was met with resistance from local shopkeepers.

When the GHMC officials, accompanied by police personnel, arrived at the site to carry out the demolition, the situation turned tense as shopkeepers proteste

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