Overview
- The Darbhanga Deputy Collector led a land survey on November 12 and removed brickwork and dividers from a nearly 100-metre stretch of a village road to restore public access.
- Complainant Gagan Kumar Mishra and other villagers say more than a dozen dhurs of private plots were also enclosed and that they faced threats when they objected to the fencing.
- Officials say the administration has not decided on private-title disputes, advised formal applications or civil suits, and noted part of the contested area falls in neighbouring Madhubani district.
- RJD leaders have demanded an impartial high-level probe and accused the MLA’s family of large-scale land grabbing, while MLA Maithili Thakur has called the allegations baseless and pointed to her family’s land documents.
- The case highlights a wider governance issue in Bihar where overlapping local jurisdictions, administrative surveys and court cases often determine outcomes, and the next steps will likely be legal verification of titles and further official hearings.