HOJAI: Weeks after eviction drive in Dholpur AssamTwo civilians were killed in police firing in Darang district that made international headlines, with the state government set to launch a similar operation on Monday to evacuate settlers from the Lumding Reserve Forest in Hojai district, for which the administration deployed There is a 1,000 strong police and CRPF personnel there.
On Monday and Tuesday, eviction will be done on about 500 out of 1,410 hectares of encroached forest land. Acting on the orders of the Gauhati High Court, the state government will remove 1,410 hectares of encroached land in a phased manner. Hojai Deputy Commissioner Anupam Choudhary told TOI that at present the situation in the area is normal and more than 99% of the families are gone after the district administration advised them to leave the place. “A total of 670 families had settled there and were engaged in farming.
We have counseled people for the last few days. Now, there are less than 1% of the families, whoever will leave the house by Monday,” Choudhury said. He said the settlers understood the HC’s order during counseling and left. “It’s going to be a spontaneous eviction,” he said. On 23 September, two civilians, including a 12-year-old child, were killed in police firing in Dholpur when villagers attacked police and district administration officials during their eviction.
Meanwhile, Hojai Superintendent of Police Barun Purkayastha told TOI that around 1,000 police and CRPF personnel have been deployed in Lumding Reserve Forest for three days from Sunday.
“Deployment of police and CRPF personnel is a normal process. This is done to avoid any potentially unwanted situation. However, the situation in the forest here is normal as most of the families have already left their occupied land.”
Witnesses stay away on the first day of hearing
According to Mukut Das’s report, investigators of the Dholpur incident in Assam’s Darrang district, where two civilians were killed in police firing during an eviction operation in September, held a public hearing in Sipajhar on Sunday. District development commissioner, Subhalakshmi Deka, who is the investigating officer, said that no person or organization had gone to the authorities on Sunday to give an oral statement or give a written statement on the incident.
On Monday and Tuesday, eviction will be done on about 500 out of 1,410 hectares of encroached forest land. Acting on the orders of the Gauhati High Court, the state government will remove 1,410 hectares of encroached land in a phased manner. Hojai Deputy Commissioner Anupam Choudhary told TOI that at present the situation in the area is normal and more than 99% of the families are gone after the district administration advised them to leave the place. “A total of 670 families had settled there and were engaged in farming.
We have counseled people for the last few days. Now, there are less than 1% of the families, whoever will leave the house by Monday,” Choudhury said. He said the settlers understood the HC’s order during counseling and left. “It’s going to be a spontaneous eviction,” he said. On 23 September, two civilians, including a 12-year-old child, were killed in police firing in Dholpur when villagers attacked police and district administration officials during their eviction.
Meanwhile, Hojai Superintendent of Police Barun Purkayastha told TOI that around 1,000 police and CRPF personnel have been deployed in Lumding Reserve Forest for three days from Sunday.
“Deployment of police and CRPF personnel is a normal process. This is done to avoid any potentially unwanted situation. However, the situation in the forest here is normal as most of the families have already left their occupied land.”
Witnesses stay away on the first day of hearing
According to Mukut Das’s report, investigators of the Dholpur incident in Assam’s Darrang district, where two civilians were killed in police firing during an eviction operation in September, held a public hearing in Sipajhar on Sunday. District development commissioner, Subhalakshmi Deka, who is the investigating officer, said that no person or organization had gone to the authorities on Sunday to give an oral statement or give a written statement on the incident.
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