Heralwa Lui Council (HLC) on Thursday accused deputy commissioner (DC) Peren of carrying out eviction drives at Heralwa village, under Peren district, despite the Gauhati High Court, Kohima bench’s order to maintain status quo over the dispute relating to existence of Heralwa village.
Addressing press conference at Hotel Saramati here, the HLC members alleged that the DC ignored the court order and carried out eviction drives on April 14 and April 12, 2016. They claimed that on April 14, Dobhasis (DBs) and police personnel had gone to Heralwa village and destroyed temporary huts while six to seven persons were “deported” to Jalukie.
HLC further claimed that on April 12 night, three DBs escorted by police personnel burnt down a temporary hut before reaching Heralwa village.
According to HLC, the Gauhati High Court, Kohima bench on October 7, 2015 had nullified the restraint order issued by DC Peren (July 3, 2015) and issued another order asking DC Peren to “ensure that status quo order passed by this court on 21-05-2015 should be maintained till the case is finally disposed of”.
The court in that order had also asked DC to “ensure that no incident of violence or intimation of any kind takes place and that violation of the status quo should be view seriously by the government”, said HLC members.
However, HLC alleged that on June 20, 2015, when Peren village had carried out eviction drive out against Heralwa villagers, the DC instead of arresting the perpetrators had issued restrain order directing both the villages — Heralwa and Peren — to restrain themselves from any further activities in the disputed area.
The members also claimed that DC instead of providing security was being “one-sided”. HLC therefore said that they were ready to file FIR against DC for his “lackadaisical attitude” on the issue.
HLC has also questioned the DBs whether they had gone to the village in their own interest or deployed by the district administration?
Heralwa villagers, who are trying to re-settle, claimed that their forefathers had abandoned the village “five generations” ago and had entrusted Peren village to take care of the land until their return. However, the Heralwa villagers stated that when they returned to re-settle in the village, Peren village “dishonoured the trust” reposed on them and was forcefully evicted them from their own land.
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