India, Dec. 16 -- At least one acre of government land in Sector 66, allegedly captured and rented out to squatters by two criminals, was cleared of permanent and temporary structures during a demolition and anti-encroachment drive carried out by police and the district administration amid heavy security deployment on Monday, officials said.

Police officials said the land, belonging to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), had been encroached upon nearly five years ago, and more than 50 commercial establishments had come up in the form of an unauthorised market complex.

The nexus was allegedly operated by Narender Singh, alias Tillu, and his brother Ravi Singh, both residents of Ravidas Colony in Badshahpur, who were running the ...