Homeless after generations: The sudden collapse of an ancestral shelter

Part of: Family Claims Unlawful Eviction from Ancestral Home After Supreme Court Ruling

A family in Biratnagar claims they have been unlawfully evicted from their ancestral home by a local resident, Parshuram Sah, who purchased the land in 2012. Despite a Supreme Court ruling upholding Sah's right to possess the land, it stipulated that the family could not be forcibly evicted until their houses became unlivable. Following a confrontation during demolition, the family faces charges of "indecent behavior" while Sah claims he offered a settlement.

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