Hyderabad, July 27: A driver and an official of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation were beaten up, the windows of a couple of GHMC vehicles were broken, and a woman suffered minor injuries on the first day of the special drive launched to remove encroachments. Tension prevailed when GHMC workers started to remove a mechanic shed opposite Anusha Hospital on Gudimalkapur main road.
Two mechanics came out and beat up the GHMC driver and another official. At SR Nagar, a woman refused to vacate the booth constructed on the footpath. After repeated appeals, the officials tried to lift the booth forcing the woman to run out of it. In the melee, she suffered injuries.