On Tuesday, houses of Hindu families living in the Amar Sagar area in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan were razed to the ground with bulldozers. These Hindu families had come to India after being displaced from Pakistan and were living in this area for a long time.  

According to the reports, the action of bulldozing the houses of Pakistani Hindus was carried out under the leadership of UIT Assistant Engineer after the relevant orders were passed by District Collector Tina Dabi. The houses were razed to the ground in the presence of a heavy police force, forcing women and children to come out on the road in the scorching heat. 

The video of the incident was shared by Omendra Ratnu, an activist who has been working with Pakistani Hindu Refugees for many years. He indicated the involvement of ISI and Pakistani Islamists in the matter. 

“Now 100 houses of Hindu refugees from Pakistan have been destroyed by government of Rajasthan in Amar Sagar colony, Jaisalmer. This is definitely handiwork of ISI and Pakistani Mullahs. They do not want the Hindus of Pakistan to escape. The design is to convert a Crore Hindus to Islam,” he tweeted. 

In a video posted by activist Ratnu, women were seen lying on the barren ground with all the home articles thrown around. Women and children were lathi-charged by the police during the event. 

The videos of the incident were also shared by Swarajya journalist Swati Goel Sharma who said that the poor Dalit Adivasi Hindu refugees from Pakistan were being cruelly treated by the Rajasthan government. “Now their basti in Jaisalmer demolished, citing encroachment. Women lathi charged; at least three were hospitalised. In this scorching heat, shelters and water tanks broken,” she tweeted. 

Reports mention that these Hindus had somehow come to India after escaping the terror and repression of the government in Pakistan and were living in Amar Sagar for a long time, but their houses were demolished on the orders of District Collector Tina Dabi. This action of the administration was also opposed by the women of these Hindu families, but the women were lathi-charged and were forced to lie down on the streets in the scorching heat. 

Responding to the event, Dabi said to the media that the state government had not issued any guidelines regarding the resettlement of migrants from Pakistan who had not been given Indian citizenship. Reports mention that the UIT officials had gone to the kacchi basti area and ordered the vacation of the land. However, they forcefully demolished their homes on Tuesday. 

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