LUCKNOW, April 27 -- A huge chunk of land was freed during an anti-encroachment drive on the King George's Medical University (KGMU) campus on Saturday during which two or three doctors sustained minor injuries, said KGMU spokesperson Prof KK Singh.

During the drive, conducted behind ophthalmology department, 25,000 sq feet land was freed, he added. "When the task force formed to get the area freed went to serve notices to encroachers in the morning, they became aggressive. Some of them pushed our staff and in the incident a few of the staff sustained bruises," said Prof Singh who is also part of the task force.

Police teams and KGMU officials reached the site early morning to carry out the exercise. Officials said several people had co...