Rajasthan: A Pakistani migrant was arrested the for allegedly leading a mob of encroachers that attacked an eviction squad of the Jodhpur Development Authority during a raze drive in the Chokha space, officers stated on Saturday.
Bhagchand Bheel was arrested late on Friday and booked for interfering in the discharge of public operate by authorities officers, they stated. Bheel has had earlier run-ins with regulation enforcement officers and was additionally accused of duping and exploiting Pakistani migrants, allegedly by a nexus with the police and the native land mafia. “We are checking their visa status and their role in illegal activities and previous cases against them,” stated a police official.
The Jodhpur Development Authority on Monday performed an anti-encroachment drive to free authorities land in Sector 2 and Sector 3 of its residential mission in Rajiv Gandhi Colony. During the raze drive, it demolished not less than 70 buildings, principally belonging to Hindu migrants from Pakistan. Protesting in opposition to the demolition drive, the encroachers allegedly pelted the eviction squad with stones. A bulldozer engaged in the drive was broken and its driver suffered accidents in the stone pelting.
On Thursday, Jodhpur Development Authority Commissioner Navneet Kumar was faraway from his publish and has been placed on ‘Awaiting Posting Order’. The victims had claimed that they bought the plots by paying between Rs 1-2 lakh to folks from their group on the reassurance that no person would take away them. Three of the victims later lodged a grievance with the police, accusing Heeralal Bheel and Bhairaram Bheel, each migrants on long-term visas, for allegedly duping them to promote unlawful plots that they later learnt belonged to the event authority.
Rajiv Gandhi Colony police station SHO Anil Yadav stated an investigation is underway. Hindu Singh Sodha, chief of the Seemant Lok Sangthan, which works for migrants from Pakistan, stated the organisation has been elevating the demand for a good investigation in opposition to this nexus. “On a number of occasions, we have pressed for breaking this nexus. This nexus was also behind the mass suicide of 11 migrants on August 9, 2020, in Lodta village,” stated Sodha. He additionally alleged that many migrants are compelled to return to Pakistan after being victimised by this nexus.
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