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Property sold to minority woman in Gujarat sealed amid protests

Summary by The Siasat Daily

A Hindu woman who sold her property to a Muslim woman in Gujarat’s Surat faced restrictions in early February after authorities sealed the property, citing violating the Disturbed Areas Act. The action was taken after Hindu residents from the seller’s housing society sent objections and complaints to the Surat district collectorate. Hate campaign by residents Following the property sale, the Hindu society members launched a hate campaign targeti…

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The Siasat Daily

Property sold to minority woman in Gujarat sealed amid protests

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IAMC

Officials seal house purchased by Muslim woman in Hindu-majority neighborhood

Civic officials in BJP-ruled Gujarat’s Surat sealed off a Muslim woman’s recently purchased home, which she had bought from a Hindu woman, for allegedly violating the provisions of the Disturbed Areas Act. The law regulates property transactions in communally sensitive areas. The action followed objections from Hindu residents of the seller’s housing society, who reportedly ran a hate campaign against both the Muslim woman and the Hindu woman. …

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theobserverpost.com

Muslim Woman’s Property Deal in Gujarat’s Surat Stalled Over ‘Demographic Shift’ Concerns

In Surat’s Salabatpura area, the district administration sealed a property that had been sold by a Hindu woman to a Muslim woman. The sale was deemed a violation of the Gujarat Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property in Disturbed Areas Act, also known as the Disturbed Areas Act. The property transaction, although incomplete, was flagged as violating Section 5 of the Act, which requires individuals intending to sell property in a “disturbed…

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Maktoob

In Surat, Hindu woman sold her flat to Muslim woman; now authorities seal it, citing violation of Disturbed Areas Act

A Hindu woman in Surat who sold her property to a Muslim woman found it sealed by authorities in the first week of February for allegedly violating the provisions of the Disturbed Areas Act. The action followed objections from Hindu residents of the seller’s housing society, who lodged complaints with the Surat district collectorate. Residents of the society reportedly ran a hate campaign against the Muslim woman and the Hindu woman, who lived i…

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madhyamamonline.com

Surat Collector seals property over Hindu woman’s sale to Muslim woman

The Act empowers the district administration to notify certain areas as ‘disturbed’ based on their history of communal tensions, restricting property transfers in such localities to prevent demographic shifts that could lead to further social discord.

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