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Protestors torched the ancestral residence of an Assam tribal assembly main connected Monday (December 22, 2025) for his alleged nonaccomplishment to evict “outsiders” from 2 categories of government-designated grazing reserves.
At slightest 3 protestors were among 4 radical injured successful clashes with information unit astatine Donkamokam successful cardinal Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district, wherever the Karbi people is successful the majority. The spot is 155 km southeast of Guwahati.
West Karbi Anglong and Karbi Anglong, located further east, are Sixth Schedule areas governed by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), wherever the Bharatiya Janata Party is successful power. The protestors marched 26km from West Karbi Anglong’s Kheroni, wherever they had been connected hunger onslaught for a fortnight, demanding the eviction of “non-locals” allegedly occupying ample swathes of colony grazing reserves (VGRs) and nonrecreational grazing reserves (PGRs).
Tension gripped the Kheroni country aft the constabulary picked up 9 protestors connected Sunday (December 21, 2025) night. This enraged the protestors, who blocked the roads and vandalised shops earlier proceeding to Donkamokam.
Pitched battle
The protestors claimed the information unit utilized unit and fired blank shots to disperse them. As a conception of the mob fought a pitched conflict with the information personnel, different attacked the ancestral location of Tuliram Ronghang, Chief Executive Member of the KAAC, and acceptable it connected fire.
A spokesperson of the KAAC successful Diphu, the assembly office 100 km eastbound of Donkamokam, said Mr. Ronghang was distant astatine the clip of the incident.
While the information unit brought the concern successful Donkamokam nether control, unit and arson reportedly targeting “outsiders” dispersed to different parts of West Karbi Anglong district.
Given the gravity of the situation, the State authorities rushed further forces to the violence-hit areas. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma deputed Education Minister Ranoj Pegu to sojourn these areas and measure the law-and-order position.
Legal hurdles
Later, Mr. Ronghang told journalists that his authorities was pursuing up connected the eviction demand, but was hamstrung by ineligible hurdles. He said the KAAC medication served eviction notices connected the settlers, but they challenged the notices successful the Gauhati High Court.
“The lawsuit is successful court. Had I done anything, I would person been punished for contempt of court,” helium said.
In February 2024, the KAAC issued eviction notices to astir 10,000 radical accused of occupying 7,184.7 acres of VGR and PGR successful Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong districts. A ample fig of these radical charged with encroachment are Hindi speakers from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
