Video: Violent Clashes Between Locals and Police During Anti-Encroachment Drive in Bihar
11:23 GMT 03.07.2022 (Updated: 10:44 GMT 19.07.2022)
© AP Photo / Rajesh Kumar Singh
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Following in the footsteps of Uttar Pradesh, the Bihar housing board engaged bulldozers and security officers to remove illegal settlements on government land in Patna city's Rajiv Nagar area.
Violent clashes broke out between locals and police officers on Sunday during an anti-encroachment drive to raze 70 illegal houses built on government land in the city of Patna, Bihar state.
District Magistrate Dr. Chandrashekhar Singh told the ANI news agency that authorities had identified 40 acres of a Nepali colony for the anti-encroachment drive. A team of 2,000 security officers reached the site with around 17 JCB demolition machines to tear down the illegal houses.
According to reports, all of the houses were built after the state land was illegally occupied. Squatters had been issued vacation orders one month previous to the demolition.
However, authorities called on the bulldozers when residents failed to adhere to the order.
Dr. Singh claimed that residents of the Nepali colony didn’t have any paperwork, and they didn't file for building authorization from the state housing administration.
“While 5,000 residents live here, only 90 applications were received of whom only nine [were] accepted... We have advertised no sale/buying of this land is permitted, however, parallel sales are going on,” Dr. Singh explained.
In response to the authorities’ move, a group of locals protested against the demolition, explaining that they pay municipal taxes for electricity and other services. Stones were thrown when the bulldozers arrived and police used tear gas to quell the unrest.
Bulldozers going for anti encroachment drive in Patna, Bihar. #bulldozer #Patna #Bihar #Bulldozers pic.twitter.com/BDORLVTe4s
— gelos.in (@gelos_in) July 3, 2022
#WATCH | Bihar: City SP (Central) Patna, Ambrish Rahul injured in the clash between Police and locals during an anti-encroachment drive at Nepali Colony in Rajeev Nagar, Patna. pic.twitter.com/NcQ3Kmt5lL
— ANI (@ANI) July 3, 2022
Patna Police Superintendent Ambrish Rahul was injured during the violent clashes.
#PATNA | City SP (Central) Ambarish Rahul sustained injuries in the ensuing violent #protests against anti-encroachment drive in #RajeevNagar locality of the state capital pic.twitter.com/lR5WkLLgsD
— Aditya Vaibhav (@ScribeAditya) July 3, 2022
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