GUWAHATI : The Assam government on Monday evicted around 400 Bengali-origin Muslim families and bulldozed makeshift homes in the vicinity of the greater Dhalpur Char, a sandbar in the middle of the Brahmaputra river in Sipajhar, Darrang district.
These are the same families whose homes were razed in a violent eviction drive in September 2021, during which 1,418 houses, 48 shops and three mosques were torn down according to government estimates. Residents had estimated that about 7,000 people became homeless.
One resident, wishing to remain anonymous, said vacation notices were issued on Saturday. “By Monday, our homes were gone. We have nowhere to go now,” he said with tears rolling up in his eyes. ( With Agencies Inputs )