A day after BJP leader Mohan Yadav took charge as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, his government demolished the homes of three Muslim men accused of attacking a BJP worker. This is the first such bulldozer action under the new dispensation.
A 50-year-old man Mohammad Saleem consumed poison along with his two children after administration officials arbitrarily informed him that his house would be razed in Uttar Pradesh 's Rampur district. Saleem and his daughter died. However, his son survived.
The Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) on Wednesday started demolishing the house of kin of Samajwadi Party leader Atiq Ahmed who, along with his wife Shaista Parveen, their two sons and his brother Ashraf, has been named as accused in the Umesh Pal murder case.
Authorities in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Tuesday launched a drive to evict over 2,500 families. Most of the persons living in the area are Bengali-speaking Muslims and have been primarily engaged in cultivation.