India, June 10 -- Eighteen police personnel and a civilian were injured after a mob allegedly pelted stones at police and civic officials during an anti-encroachment drive in Pimpri-Chinchwad's Chikhali area in the early hours of Tuesday.

Violence erupted during a large-scale operation launched by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to demolish 11 unauthorised structures in Chikhali, Kudalwadi and Pawar Vasti. Notwithstanding, the civic body managed to raze all 11 structures including five mosques, five temples, and one Garadi spread across an area of around 28,001 square feet.

Following due legal procedure, the civic body initiated the demolition drive at around 2 am on Tuesday. The police said that a crowd gathered near ...