Hyderabad, Jan. 1 -- Tribals in Telangana's Moinabad area were left in a lurch after a demolition drive was carried out on a 16-acre plot on Wednesday, December 31.

About 50 tribal families from the erstwhile Mahabubnagar district had purchased plots of land in survey numbers 210, 211, and 212 in Peddamangalaram revenue area under Moinabad municipality.

However, without any information or prior notice, officials from Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA) reportedly began demolishing the houses with bulldozers under heavy police protection, they alleged.

The evicted tribals further alleged that officials did not pay heed to their requests. They claimed that the police dragged all of them onto the street.

The...