Assam government pays Rs 30 lakh to five families whose homes were bulldozed in Nagaon
The BJP government has also told the Gauhati High Court that it will pay Rs 2.5 lakh to the family of Safikul Islam, who died in custody in 2022.
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The Assam government told the Gauhati High Court on Wednesday that it has paid Rs 30 lakh as compensation to five families whose houses were bulldozed following an arson attack on a police station in Nagaon in 2022, reported The Hindu.
On May 21, 2022, a mob torched the Batadrava police station in Nagaon district, a day after a fish trader, Safikul Islam, died in custody. Islam’s family had alleged that the police demanded Rs 10,000 and a duck as a bribe to release him.
A day after the police station was burnt down, the police demolished the homes of the accused men. There are no provisions under the Indian law to demolish the home of anyone accused of a crime but this has become a regular practice in several Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states.
On Wednesday, Senior Advocate D Nath, appearing for the Assam government, told the court that the Nagaon superintendent of police paid the compensation money to the five families on Monday, reported The Indian Express. The compensation was for the demolition of two concrete houses and four makeshift houses.
The Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state told the court that Rs 10 lakh each was provided to Imamul Haque and Mojibur Rahman for the demolition of their concrete houses. Rs 2.5 lakh was...
