On Monday, civic authorities in Surat`s Saiyedpura district initiated an anti-encroachment sweep, removing illegal buildings and street vendor handcarts with a bulldozer. This drive happened barely hours after some juveniles pelted stones at a Ganesh pandal, causing riots in the vicinity, reported PTI. 

According to the report, officials from the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) were quick to emphasise that the drive was unrelated to the violence that erupted on Sunday night, claiming that the operation had been planned weeks in advance.