India, July 24 -- Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Manipur have issued alerts amid an eviction drive against alleged undocumented immigrants in Assam, flagging the possibility of the displaced people crossing into the three northeastern states.

The Assam government has said it has freed thousands of acres of land and forests from encroachers in Goalpara alone. On Monday, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited Darrang, where the drive started in September 2021, and said his government is determined to remove "illegal settlers and suspected Bangladeshis" from encroached land.

Hundreds have fled ahead of a proposed eviction drive on Friday at Uriamghat in the Golaghat district, bordering Nagaland. Undocumented immigrants are alleged to h...