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COVER STORY Assam discord Villagers protest against an eviction drive in Assam’s Darrang district on September 23. The administration reportedly caried out the drive to remove encroachers from government land. | Photo Credit: PTI Teesta Setalvad 03 OCTOBER 2021 18:00 IST UPDATED: 04 OCTOBER 2021 17:18 IST The BJP-led government’s latest eviction of ‘encroachers’ exposes its ominous intention of targeting Muslims with systematic violence as a precursor to disenfranchising and excluding them. THE GLEEFUL STOMPING OF THE BODY OF 28-year-old Moinul (Maynal) Haque, who had already fallen to police bullets, by photographer Bijoy Bania, epitomises the depth of hate and violence unleashed, yet again, in Assam. Bania had accompanied a heavily armed police and administrative force to Dhalpur village in Sipajhar revenue circle of Darrang district on September 23, where villagers, who had cultivated the fields there for over four decades, had been served “eviction” ...


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