From Exile to Homecoming: 300 tribals return to Gujarat village after 12 years

Aug 28, 2025

Just during an offhand conversation, Alka — who worked as a domestic help at IPS Suman Nala’s home — casually revealed she had never seen her husband’s ancestral village. For 11 years, the Kodarvi tribals had been forced to flee Mota Pipodara in Gujarat’s Banaskantha after a murder triggered an enmity with the Dabhi community under the custom of Chadotaru. That remark set ASP Suman Nala on a mission. Soon after, police initiated the case, mediated peace, and paved the way for 29 families — nearly 300 people — to finally return home.