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Attempt at land grabbing in Ramgarh
chtnews.com
News No. 50/2009, June 12, 2009
A settler attempt to steal about 300 acres of land belonging to Jumma people in Ramgarh has been failed, according to independent sources.
Sources said a group of illegal Bengali settlers had begun cutting jungles to capture the land in Boroitali under Hapchari Union (No. 3) on 7 June and erected a house structure with bamboos.
The army provided support to the settlers in their attempt to capture the land. They were present at the site when the settlers worked.
Because of the presence of the army the Jummas could not protest openly but destroyed the structure overnight after the settlers had left, sources said.
The next morning the settlers came back along with the army to see the demolished structure, however, they refrained from showing any reaction.
The Jummas use the said land as common property. Previously when it was covered with forests, it provided them with food, medicines and household materials.
In 1981-82, during the rule of dictator general Hussain Muhammad Ershad the army for the first time made an attempt to settle newly-arrived Bengali infiltrators on that patch of land, but the attempt failed when the Jummas put up a fiery resistance.
The second attempt was made in 2004 but again frustrated when the Jumma villagers protested.
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