Property believed to be worth more than $100 million was destroyed in the pre-dawn raids, which began on Sunday morning.
According to government officials and resettled farmers who spoke to the Daily News yesterday, Windcrest Farm was invaded in 2000 at the height of land occupations spearheaded by war veterans and other supporters of the ruling ZANU PF.
The occupiers were officially allocated the land in August 2001, when the Masvingo provincial lands committee demarcated individual plots for the new farmers.
Government officials said the property, formerly owned by Magid Khan, was acquired by the state and officially demarcated for the settlers.
But the resettled farmers said they were told to leave the property last week because it had been bought by a Mr Mukumba, who is believed to be an employee at Zimbabwe's High Commission in London.
When they failed to vacate the property, the police moved in and set fire to huts and other property belonging to the new farmers, including several tonnes of food, furniture and clothing. ***