Muslim Families evicted by BJP MLA

2019-12-06

Main Information

  • Victim Names Undisclosed
  • Date of Incident 2019-12-06
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Padma Hazarika
  • State Assam
  • City/District Sonitpur, Sootea, Sonitpur
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Sootea, Sonitpur
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Muslim residents of Sootea, a village situated in Sontipur district of Assam were displaced allegedly by BJP MLA Padma Hazarka. This was only for the reason that these residents did not vote for the BJP. There are a total of 426 families who have been displaced. Among the 426 families, there are overall 1800 people who are living in the camps now. The houses of the Muslims were also demolished.