The DIG said police reservists and civil defence personnel in Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar have been called out to help fight the nocturnal invader. District magistrates are being requested to make Prantiya Rakshak Dal volunteers available. Since the miscreants attack only in the dark, Jain said the power corporation had been requested to stop load-shedding in the affected areas at night. In the past few days, several men and women have been injured in Noida, Dadri town and Chhapraula. These include a doctor's son and the wife of another doctor.
Most children stay home from school and there is widespread panic.
In Dadri, said police sources, one of the masked men was soundly beaten by locals. But he managed to escape. Meanwhile, in the panic and confusion several innocent persons have also been beaten by mobs. About 1 am on Sunday, the masked intruder reportedly entered the house of a homeopath in Sector 22. He attacked Dr M P Singh's wife and sister, injuring them in the shoulder and ankle respectively.