A delegation from ex-army family members from Vijayanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, met with the Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh today to highlight the recent eviction threat and sought his intervention.
In a recent incident, the pioneering ex-army settlers in Vijaynagar, Arunachal Pradesh, most of them Gorkhas, have been served eviction notice. The settlers in Vijaynagar are retired army personnel, were sent by the Government of India in the 1960s to occupy the territory so that India can stake its claim over this uninhabited land.
Over the past few days, at least three people have been killed during violent protests over granting PRC to six non-Arunachal Pradesh communities living in…