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Guwahati: Revenue officials and security forces descended on the Bogeenadi PGR in the Kadam Revenue Circle on Friday morning. They tore down houses and a mosque near the Bogeenadi Weekly Haat. This land previously served as a government-sanctioned refuge for 25 families displaced during the 1983 Assam Agitation at Bhimpora-Bodhakora.
The operation cleared roughly 320 hectares of land. It destroyed structures in an area known variously as Muslim Camp, Refugee Camp, and Miyan Camp. The site houses the Bogeenadi PGR LP School, established in 2008, an ICDS Anganwadi centre, and a Jal Jeevan Mission water scheme. APDCL provides electricity to these homes.
For residents like 73-year-old BJP loyalist Manik Ali, this is a second displacement. He received identity cards from the North Lakhimpur Sub-Registrar on June 17, 1983. Another resident, 70-year-old Mujibur Rahman, said, "We were displaced from Bhimpora during the 1983 violence, where we had been sharecropping with members of the local Mising community."
The state demolished a mosque that sat on land officially allocated for Muslim use. A 1992 document, Letter No. 704, granted over four bighas of land for this purpose. Residents feel betrayed by the government. They claim officials ignored other non-Muslim occupants on the same PGR land. Several women protested the demolition, begging authorities to kill them instead of destroying their homes.
Manik Ali noted his family actively supported the ruling party. His son serves as vice-president of the local BJP Minority Morcha. Despite this, they now face homelessness. Affected families are calling on the state to provide alternative rehabilitation. They cite their history of displacement and previous government directives as grounds for relief.
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