The CPI(M) and its front organisations have condemned and protested against bulldozing houses in a Muslim locality in south Tripura. The government claims they have cleared illegal encroachments. The CPI(M) has demanded rehabilitation of the evicted families and action against the officials involved in the demolition of the homes.
The demolitions which were secured by large numbers of armed security personnel employed bulldozers and chainsaws and happened at Raiyabari under the Killa Administrative Block in the Gomati district on Thursday. It is located 47 km south of Agartala.
Authorities of the Gomati district cited a court order for the eviction of seven families from the ‘forest land’. But the victims and parties like CPI(M) claim the court ordered proper resettlement of the poor families elsewhere before eviction.
