India, Jan. 8 -- Barricaded inside their homes, cut off from routine life and watched over by security personnel at every turn, residents of the Turkman Gate area on Wednesday said they felt like "caged animals," punished for violence they insist they neither supported nor took part in.

At least five police personnel were injured after some people allegedly pelted stones and glass bottles at the police during the demolition drive carried out during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday on the land adjoining the Faiz-e-Elahi mosque.

Ever since barricades were erected across the narrow lanes, families said they had been unable to step out even for basic needs.

"We are being treated like criminals for no fault of ours," said Saye...