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The killing fields where Moinul Haque and others were shot dead @Article14live

Ahmed Ali breaks down after narrating a harrowing day when he saw the photographer burning down houses, his child getting lost in the chaos and a man being burnt alive. @Article14live

The residents of Dhalpur 3 gather for a prayer at the site where their mosque now stands demolished @Article14live

A man at the now demolished mosque breaks down mid prayer. @Article14live

Moinul Haque’s father said he saw the video of his son on a mobile phone late last night. But earlier that day he said the body was hung up side down on a jcb truck and dragged away. The only breadwinner in the family died. Haque leaves behind his wife, two kids @Article14live

Moinul’s name is in the NRC and had an Aadhaar card, the lack of which has left lakhs of residents in Assam feeling dispossessed.

He was shot point blank on camera despite his citizenship credentials.

Just got back from one of the toughest reporting assignment. The emotions I felt and witnessed today were so raw and disturbing. Yet they weren’t angry (I am) as much as hurt by the govt action of displacement and blank firing. Their things were strewn all over the field.

I’ll leave you with photos of this river from which they are currently drawing water to drink and cook. This is where they said the govt allotted them land. What they most fear is when the river swells, these makeshift homes will be submerged making them homeless all over again.