<p>Police have arrested a Pakistani migrant for allegedly leading a mob of encroachers that attacked an eviction squad of the Jodhpur Development Authority during a raze drive in the Chokha area, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Bhagchand Bheel was arrested late on Friday and booked for interfering in the discharge of public function by government officials, they said.</p>.<p>Bheel has had previous run-ins with law enforcement officials and was also accused of duping and exploiting Pakistani migrants, allegedly through a nexus with the police and the local land mafia.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/why-was-no-central-team-sent-to-up-to-probe-death-of-mother-daughter-during-eviction-drive-asks-mamata-1192181.html" target="_blank">Why was no central team sent to UP to probe death of mother-daughter during eviction drive, asks Mamata</a></strong></p>.<p>"We are checking their visa status and their role in illegal activities and previous cases against them," said a police official.</p>.<p>The Jodhpur Development Authority on Monday conducted an anti-encroachment drive to free government land in Sector 2 and Sector 3 of its residential project in Rajiv Gandhi Colony. During the raze drive, it demolished at least 70 structures, mostly belonging to Hindu migrants from Pakistan.</p>.<p>Protesting against the demolition drive, the encroachers allegedly pelted the eviction squad with stones. A bulldozer engaged in the drive was damaged and its driver suffered injuries in the stone pelting.</p>.<p>On Thursday, Jodhpur Development Authority Commissioner Navneet Kumar was removed from his post and has been put on 'Awaiting Posting Order'.</p>.<p>The victims had claimed that they purchased the plots by paying between Rs 1-2 lakh to people from their community on the assurance that nobody would remove them.</p>.<p>Three of the victims later lodged a complaint with the police, accusing Heeralal Bheel and Bhairaram Bheel, both migrants on long-term visas, for allegedly duping them to sell illegal plots that they later learnt belonged to the development authority.</p>.<p>Rajiv Gandhi Colony police station SHO Anil Yadav said an investigation is underway.</p>.<p>Hindu Singh Sodha, chief of the Seemant Lok Sangthan, which works for migrants from Pakistan, said the organisation has been raising the demand for a fair investigation against this nexus.</p>.<p>"On a number of occasions, we have pressed for breaking this nexus. This nexus was also behind the mass suicide of 11 migrants on August 9, 2020, in Lodta village," said Sodha.</p>.<p>He also alleged that many migrants are forced to return to Pakistan after being victimised by this nexus.</p>
<p>Police have arrested a Pakistani migrant for allegedly leading a mob of encroachers that attacked an eviction squad of the Jodhpur Development Authority during a raze drive in the Chokha area, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Bhagchand Bheel was arrested late on Friday and booked for interfering in the discharge of public function by government officials, they said.</p>.<p>Bheel has had previous run-ins with law enforcement officials and was also accused of duping and exploiting Pakistani migrants, allegedly through a nexus with the police and the local land mafia.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/why-was-no-central-team-sent-to-up-to-probe-death-of-mother-daughter-during-eviction-drive-asks-mamata-1192181.html" target="_blank">Why was no central team sent to UP to probe death of mother-daughter during eviction drive, asks Mamata</a></strong></p>.<p>"We are checking their visa status and their role in illegal activities and previous cases against them," said a police official.</p>.<p>The Jodhpur Development Authority on Monday conducted an anti-encroachment drive to free government land in Sector 2 and Sector 3 of its residential project in Rajiv Gandhi Colony. During the raze drive, it demolished at least 70 structures, mostly belonging to Hindu migrants from Pakistan.</p>.<p>Protesting against the demolition drive, the encroachers allegedly pelted the eviction squad with stones. A bulldozer engaged in the drive was damaged and its driver suffered injuries in the stone pelting.</p>.<p>On Thursday, Jodhpur Development Authority Commissioner Navneet Kumar was removed from his post and has been put on 'Awaiting Posting Order'.</p>.<p>The victims had claimed that they purchased the plots by paying between Rs 1-2 lakh to people from their community on the assurance that nobody would remove them.</p>.<p>Three of the victims later lodged a complaint with the police, accusing Heeralal Bheel and Bhairaram Bheel, both migrants on long-term visas, for allegedly duping them to sell illegal plots that they later learnt belonged to the development authority.</p>.<p>Rajiv Gandhi Colony police station SHO Anil Yadav said an investigation is underway.</p>.<p>Hindu Singh Sodha, chief of the Seemant Lok Sangthan, which works for migrants from Pakistan, said the organisation has been raising the demand for a fair investigation against this nexus.</p>.<p>"On a number of occasions, we have pressed for breaking this nexus. This nexus was also behind the mass suicide of 11 migrants on August 9, 2020, in Lodta village," said Sodha.</p>.<p>He also alleged that many migrants are forced to return to Pakistan after being victimised by this nexus.</p>