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Authorities say the demolitions were carried out against “illegal encroachers,” but right activists and those evicted question the policy and allege that it has pushed thousands more into homelessness.

In Nuh, police said that they served notices to the alleged encroachers, but several families told the BBC that they didn't get a warning.

They wanted the carnivores there to scare off encroachers and developers.

In recent days, a drive to free government land from people officials describe as “encroachers” has targeted thousands of Muslim villagers.

They have been observed physically shielding their colonies through synchronised body shakes, hissing, or enveloping encroachers in a ball until they overheat.