The district administration in Assam's Lakhimpur carried out an eviction drive, razing homes and a local mosque at Bogeenadi PGR. The action has left several Bengali Muslim families displaced for a second time, more than four decades after they were originally settled in the area by the government following the 1983 anti-Muslim violence during the Assam Movement.
According to reports, the clearance operation commenced in the morning hours at the Muslim Camp locality within Bogeenadi PGR, situated near the Bogeenadi Weekly Haat and the Bogeenadi Police Station. A team consisting of revenue department officials, backed by a heavy deployment of security personnel, executed the demolition drives.
Residents affected by the latest administrative action stated that they had inhabited the land for over forty years, having been initially relocated to the site by district authorities following displacement from Bhimpora-Bodhak during the unrest in 1983.
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