India, March 8 -- The Samata Nagar police on Saturday arrested five persons for attacking BMC officials who were carrying out an anti-encroachment drive at Kandivali's Lokhandwala Township the previous night. A mob pelted the BMC team with stones and damaged their vehicles, forcing them to flee and take refuge in neighbouring shops.

The five accused, identified as Kuldeep Chudawat, 27, Mahendrasingh Chudawat, 27, Shaurya Charla, 31, Jash Charla, 20, and Aslam Imtiaz Sheikh, 27, were arrested and produced before the Borivali metropolitan court, which granted the police custody for two days. All residents of Lokhandwala, they sold paneer and other dairy products in illegal extensions in front of their shops. One of them reportedly owns a r...