
453 land brokers arrested in Assam
The Hindu
Drive came a month after CM sought removal of middlemen in land-related work
More than 40 days after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asked the Revenue and Disaster Management department officials to eliminate middlemen from land-related work, police have arrested 453 land brokers.
They were picked up from various parts of the State on September 20 night for indulging in unlawful activities involving land sale, purchase and holding, the police said.
Dhubri district topped the list, with 30 arrests, followed by Morigaon 27, Nalbari 27 and Guwahati 22. Among other districts, 18 were arrested from Dibrugarh.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.