
A case of encroachment leads Assam officials to another across Brahmaputra
The Hindu
Investigation reveals families told to vacate government land in Sipajhar are being sheltered by relatives in a tribal belt near Guwahati
A case of encroachment has led Assam officials to another across the Brahmaputra.
The Kamrup (Metropolitan) district authorities had on September 25 received a letter from BJP legislator Atul Bora seeking an investigation into allegations of encroachment by “new faces” in areas under the Dimoria, Sonapur and Hahanra panchayat areas of his constituency Dispur.
These areas are on the southern bank of river Brahmaputra, across Dhalpur and Gorukhuti areas of Darrang district where the police shot two persons, including a minor, during an eviction drive on September 23. Dhalpur is within 77,000 bighas of government land targeted to be freed from settlers, all Bengali-speaking Muslims.