Hyderabad, June 11 -- The Endowment Department officials along with the police evicted the tenants of 6 shops along with their material from Fateh Darwaza area of Doodhbowli division of Bahadurpura constituency on Thursday, June 11.

The land in question belongs to Lord Venkateshwara, the presiding deity of a temple in that area, which has been under the endowments department.

The reason for the eviction given by the endowment officials was that the tenants of 2 out of the 6 shops have not paid rent for the past 3 years, and that an eviction notice was served to the shopkeepers after they failed to pay the enhanced rent agreed upon by the tenants in the past.

According to an endowments official who was overseeing the eviction, the prese...