The government of Gujarat has launched a massive demolition drive in Gujarat’s Dahegam municipality-based Bahiyal village of the Gandhinagar district of Gujarat, following the recent communal riots during Navratri. The riots broke out on 24th September following a controversial social media post, prompting stone pelted between two groups. Police then registered riot cases against close to 200 and arrested close to 60.

Now, the administration is cracking down strictly on them. Close to 55 houses and stores owned by the accused are being demolished as part of the drive against illegal structures. Gandhinagar SP Ravi Teja Vasamsetty stated, “A total of 186 commercial establishments are being vacated. You must recall that some time back, riots had erupted here. Hence, the houses and establish

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