After the crackdown on migrants that the Gujarat government claimed were “illegal Bangladeshis,” the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) demolished parts of the slum area known as Chandola Talav na Chhapra on Tuesday.
In Guna, Madhya Pradesh, a tribal family residing for over 50 years faced eviction as authorities demolished their home to make way for a new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office.
On Monday, civic authorities demolished the house of Fahim Khan, a leader of the Minority Democratic Party (MDP) who has been booked for sedition in the Nagpur violence case.
A sessions court in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district on 14 February acquitted former ward councillor Shafiq Ansari in a rape case after finding that the woman had made false allegations.
While the mega demolition drive in Bet Dwarka and Okha entered its third day yesterday, authorities say they ‘reclaimed’ around 36,400 square meters of government land valued at over ₹15 crore, while locals alleged that Islamic structures and houses of Muslims were targeted.