News No. 05/2016:
Tuesday, January 05, 2016
THE Bengali settlers
tried to build houses in Kajoi Karbari Para, west of Chongrachari Joutha
Khamar-para in Mahalchari, Khagrachari, provoking unrest in the area, according
to sources.
They said a group of
Bengali settlers from Chongrachari on Sunday (3 January) entered the said land
and began constructing houses.
Army and police
personnel were present there, but they did nothing to prevent them, the sources
added.
Later when the local
Jumma villagers protested, the police ordered both sides to maintain status quo
and asked them not to re-enter the land until the issue is settled on
Wednesday.
The police said the
UNO would settle the dispute on Wednesday after consulting with both the Jumma
and Bengali people.
Although the land the
settlers are trying to occupy is said to lie within the jurisdiction of the
Forest Department of the government, there are sizeable Jumma settlements and
their paddy lands contiguous to it.
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