Assam's land a magnet for illegals, says report 'suppressed' for 41 years

A 41-year-old report by the Tribhuvan Prasad Tewary Commission, recently made public by the Assam government, reveals that successive administrations allowed the state's "land and identity crisis" to worsen. The report, which investigated the 1983 Nellie massacre, identified illegal immigration and land disputes as key drivers of violence, not just communal clashes.