Anti-encroachment Drive: Team gheraoed, earthmover torched
Villagers in Bettiah gheraoed a forest department team on Thursday. They set ablaze one earthmover and damaged another during an anti-encroachment drive. Villagers claimed they had cultivated the land for many years. They stated they were not info...
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Bettiah: Villagers gheraoed a forest department team, set ablaze an earthmover and damaged another during an anti-encroachment drive in Bihar's West Champaran district on Thursday, police said.
Villagers claimed they had been cultivating land for the past 20-25 years and had not been informed about the drive, Valmiki Nagar PS SHO Manoj Kumar told PTI. Tension escalated after sugarcane crop was allegedly damaged.
Villagers claimed they had been cultivating land for the past 20-25 years and had not been informed about the drive, Valmiki Nagar PS SHO Manoj Kumar told PTI. Tension escalated after sugarcane crop was allegedly damaged.
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