As per reports, tensions rose on Tuesday (08 July) as the Assam government carried out major evictions, displacing around 1,400 families from 3,500 bighas (over 450 hectares) of land in Dhubri district to make way for a proposed thermal power project.

The eviction drive was carried out across three revenue villages of Charuabakhra, Santoshpur, and Chirakuta Pt. 1. In response to the eviction drive, violence erupted when residents began pelting stones and bricks at a bulldozer, prompting police to resort to a lathi charge (use of baton) to disperse them. Locals also blocked roads and staged protests, demanding fair rehabilitation and compensation.