By MuslimMirror
Authorities in Assam’s Kamrup Metropolitan district have bulldozed 250 homes in the past two days in an eviction drive that resumed less than two weeks after two men were shot dead by the police amid violent protests.
The demolitions took place at the Kachutali-1 village in the Kamrup Metropolitan district. Additional Deputy Commissioner Biswajit Saikia told Scroll that the eviction drive will continue on Thursday as well.
These eviction operations from the vicinity of Scheduled Tribes are being carried out as part of wider efforts to remove “encroachments” in lands meant for them under the guidelines of the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation.
Officials from the district administration had on September 9 bulldozed nearly 240 homes, the majority of them belonging to Bengali-origin Muslims from Morigaon district. The residents had built their homes in the low-lying area over several decades.
Three days later, on September 12, the officials returned and gave them an ultimatum to vacate the land in two hours. This led to a violent clashbetween the residents and the officials, during which two men were shot dead by the police.
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