Overview
- Authorities began demolitions around 6 am with heavy police deployment and more than 17 bulldozers plus several excavators.
- The drive targets about 265 bighas under Plot Nos. 203 and 189, which the administration says are reserved for village grazing and must be protected.
- After multiple High Court stays in recent months, 68 families received interim protection while officials proceeded against the remaining households.
- Reported tallies differ: earlier briefings cited notices to 732 families with 664 facing removal, while the district commissioner later said 435 notices and 367 families were affected.
- Residents say they have lived there for decades without pattas and report homes lost, while police arrested three AMSU leaders overnight on suspicion of trying to stir tension, a claim not independently verified.