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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Farmer fury singes Agra, Aligarh

Farmer fury singes Agra, Aligarh

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published Published on May 9, 2011   modified Modified on May 9, 2011
Farmers' frenzy against land acquisition spread on Sunday and singed more places in west Uttar Pradesh with the number of those killed rising to four. While 22 protesters were arrested for rioting and arson, the state government announced a reward of Rs 50,000 for information on absconding farmer leader Manveer Singh Tevetia who triggered the protests.

Four policemen were injured in Agra where farmers attacked cops demanding higher compensation for their land. Angry farmers in Agra's Etmadpur tehsil hurled stones at the police and burnt down their vehicles apart from setting fire to the camp office of a construction company at Gangauli and Jikarpur in Aligarh.

The fourth victim of the unrest was a farmer who died in Noida's Kailash Hospital. More than a score have been injured in the violence so far. Of the three killed on Saturday, two were cops, which incited the jawans of the Provincial Armed Constabulary into a brutal crackdown on village Bhatta-Parsaul. On Sunday, Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) was clamped here prohibiting even reporters from entering the village. Protests were also reported from villages in Mathura.

In Agra, protesters fired at cops and torched vehicles following which cops used force to disperse them. "The situation is now under control," said Agra deputy inspector general of police Aseem Arun.

While a large posse of police, PAC and Rapid Action Force (RAF) were deployed in troubled areas, UP chief minister Mayawati met with senior officers in Lucknow to devise ways to control the angry farmers.

Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh was detained with his supporters while on way to Bhatta-Parsaul, and local BJP leaders and Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait, too, were arrested.


The Times of India, 9 May, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Farmer-fury-singes-Agra-Aligarh/articleshow/8202544.cms


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