Overview
- A KSHRC team inspected Waseem Layout and Fakir Colony, referred the case to its investigation wing, and issued notices to the deputy commissioner and Greater Bengaluru Authority seeking responses within seven days.
- Preliminary recommendations from the commission focus on temporary shelters and basic facilities while it verifies documents and whether legal provisions were followed during the December 20 clearance.
- Housing Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan announced 180 units at Byappanahalli for those who lost homes, with alternative land to be identified for others.
- Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar defended the action as removal of illegal encroachments on hazardous government land and said eligible residents with valid documents would be rehabilitated.
- Residents continue to camp at the site demanding housing, as politics intensify with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s ‘bulldozer’ criticism, AICC’s call for compassionate rehabilitation, and the BJP’s unverified claim that the displaced are Rohingyas coupled with a demand for an NIA probe.