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GUWAHATI
The Gauhati High Court has ordered the Assam authorities to record a reply regarding compensation sought for the decease of a teenager, 1 of hundreds evicted during an anti-encroachment thrust successful June, successful a makeshift shelter.
Aynal Haque, 19, died successful a impermanent structure connected August 1. His household was 1 of 600 evicted by occidental Assam’s Goalpara territory medication during an cognition to wide authorities onshore of alleged encroachers connected June 16.
Members of these families, who claimed residency for respective decades, were reportedly fixed a 48-hour announcement to permission the Hasila Beel area.
In its bid connected November 14, the tribunal of Justice Manish Choudhury directed six representatives of the Assam authorities to reply wrong 4 weeks to a petition seeking compensation for the decease of the teen owed to “inhuman conditions” successful the makeshift shelter, which “did not adjacent person basal facilities”.
The respondents are Assam’s Chief Secretary, the Commissioner and Secretary of the State’s Revenue and Disaster Management Department, the Principal Secretary of the State’s Health and Family Welfare Department, the District Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police of Goalpara district, and the Joint Director of Health Services successful the district.
“Aynal’s location was bulldozed connected June 16 without the authorities issuing immoderate notice,” Zunaid Khalid, 1 of 7 advocates representing the victim, said.
