North Lakhimpur, Aug. 24 -- The Lakhimpur Forest Department of Assam carried out an eviction drive on Sunday at Ranga Reserve Forest, located along the inter-state boundary with Arunachal Pradesh.

Authorities demolished a house that had been illegally constructed by an encroacher from Arunachal Pradesh on forest land inside Assam, and evicted its occupants. However, the eviction drive was met with violent resistance from the encroachers.

According to Manoj Kumar Goswami, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO)-Territory, Lakhimpur, the eviction site at Denka Basti, off the Gabharu River in the Kachajuli Forest Beat of Ranga Reserve Forest under Harmutty Forest Range, had been geo-coordinated as part of Assam during a district-level survey on th...