Overview
- HYDRAA, working with the Revenue Department, took possession after ground verification and fenced the site the same day.
- Resident complaints via the Prajavani platform and a request from the Hyderabad district Collector triggered the action.
- The encroacher, identified as Ashok Singh, had built sheds on the land and rented them to idol makers for commercial use.
- Authorities report the site was reoccupied after two earlier clearance drives and that officials faced alleged assaults during evictions.
- HYDRAA cited police records listing Singh as a land grabber and rowdy-sheeter with eight cases registered across three local stations.