Biharsharif: Hundreds of residents of Chhoti Pahadi, Badi Pahadi, Mansur Nagar and Singarhaat under the Sohsarai police station in Nalanda Regency on Saturday protested in front of the DM office at Biharsharif against the eviction notice they received after the death of 12 local residents.
Alleged consumption of recent liquor.
Protesters, including men, women and children carrying CPI banners (ML) raised slogans against the district administration asking the owner of 1,200 houses to prove their land validity on February 2 this year.
A rumor conducted a round that houses built on government land would be destroyed after 2.
February.
One Mahendra Sharma, a resident of Locality Mansur Nagar, said they had lived there for several generations and most did not have paper.
He urged the government to take action only against liquor smugglers and destroy their homes instead of making innocent people losing their homes.
He said if their homes were sealed or destroyed, they would launch intensive protest.
Biharsharif HR Kumar Anurag said the notification was presented only to find out how many houses were built illegally in these areas.
He said only the houses of liquor smugglers would be destroyed.