India, July 19 -- Residents of the Central Government Employee Colony (CGS) at Antop Hill sat on an indefinite protest on Saturday, along with the women and children of their families, to demand increased security in their campus. Around 10,000 residents live in the 150 buildings in this 90-acre green colony and most of the employees work in departments like income tax, customs, excise, the defence services and the Intelligence Bureau.

The residents were particularly peeved about not being allowed to build a wicket gate at a shortcut, which, they alleged, was being used by outsiders to enter their colony, thereby threatening the security of their women and children. Dharmendra Kumar Yadav complained that his own boundary wall was broken ...