NOIDA: Opposition to an anti-encroachment drive in Salarpur village came dangerously close to violence after some locals allegedly threatened to throw acid on a team of Noida Authority officials while others protested on Wednesday.
Officials from the Noida Authority, who were accompanied by the police and a bulldozer, suspended the drive to remove illegal construction and retreated after around four hours when some villagers also threatened to pour acid on themselves. No one was injured.
