Overview
- The operation started early Sunday with heavy police deployment, using more than 17 bulldozers and several excavators to demolish structures.
- Authorities said the action targets encroachments on Village Grazing Reserve plots 203 and 189, recovering about 87.45 acres.
- Eviction notices were issued earlier to hundreds of households, with 68 families under interim Gauhati High Court protection as officials proceeded against the rest.
- Reported tallies of affected families differ across outlets, with figures ranging from more than 360 to 664 as officials update counts.
- Police said they arrested three All Assam Minority Students’ Union leaders late Saturday to prevent tensions, while residents voiced long-term residence and lack of land pattas.