1,000 cops, CRPF jawans deployed for another Assam eviction

Weeks after an eviction drive at Dholpur in Assam’s Darrang district saw the killings of two civilians in police firing, which made international headlines, the state government is all set to carry out a similar drive on Monday to evict settlers from Lumding reserve forest in Hojai district, for which the administration has deployed a 1,000-strong police and CRPF personnel there.