Indian security personnel forcibly displaced 14 families who had been residing at the border settlement of Gobargadha-7 recently, a newspaper report said on Wednesday.

Indian security forces did so citing probable cross-border infiltration of Maoists, the report adds.

The families had been residing near the Koshi River before their settlement was displaced due to inundation and erosion by the Koshi River.

“They have been forcing us to move from our settlement, citing security reason,” The Kathmandu Post daily quoted Jogendra Mandal, a victim who is staying at the bank of the river as saying.

However, Chief District Officer of Saptari Tilak Ram Sharma said he was not informed about the incident.