Dibrugarh, Dec 5: A growing sense of frustration erupted into protest on Thursday at Loharpatty here, where the family members of Salma Begum along with some local residents began a fast-unto-death, claiming that the officials concerned are unnecessarily delaying demolition of the illegal structure responsible for her death.

The fatal incident occurred when construction materials from the under-construction four-storey RCC building collapsed onto Begum’s house. The subsequent public uproar led to an investigation, which determined that the structure, owned by one Yunus Khan, was unsafe and contravened the Assam Unified Building Construction (Regulation) Bye-Laws, 2022. Consequently, the Dibrugarh Municipal Corporation directed its demolition.

However, the demolition which began on Wedne

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