On July 9 2019, a team comprising of local police, revenue officials and forest officials of Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh arrived at Sivil village for eviction move. They destroyed the harvest of 60 hectares of forest land, where the Adivasis had cultivated paddies and other harvests. The Barela Adivasis live in the village whose livelihood is based on the agriculture and forest produces. They have applied for entitlements of the land under the Forest Rights Act 2006 - their claims are still in pending. The eviction team destroyed the harvest and dug pits on the land for establishing fencing pillars. When, the Adivasis saw the eviction move, they protested and the team opened fire on them and as a result, four villagers were severely injured. After the police firing, the eviction team left the village. The villagers went to the local police station to file a complaint against the eviction team. The eviction team also filed a counter complaint against 26 villagers alleging them of rioting, attacking and not allowing the government officials to perform their duties. According to Forum Asia (Asian HRDs program) and HRD Alert India, the harassment of defenders is "a move not only to intimidate, harass and repress human rights defenders advocating for the rights of the minorities but also to discourage defenders protecting land and forest rights of indigenous communities from the corporate cronies of the ruling communities".