Aligarh26 April. There was a ruckus during police action in village Naugawan Arjunpur of police station Rorawar area in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, when the villagers attacked the police team that had arrived to arrest the accused in a land dispute case. Many policemen were injured in stone pelting by villagers. Additional police forces had to be called to control the situation.
The main accused and 4 women were also among those arrested.
City Superintendent of Police Aditya Bansal said that a case has been registered against 38 named and about 150 to 200 unidentified people in this case at Rorawar police station. 19 people have been arrested from the spot, including four women. The main accused whom the police had gone to arrest has also been arrested.
The police team had arrived to arrest the accused in the land dispute case.
According to the information received, a case was registered in Rorawar police station area last March regarding a land dispute. In this case, Mehndi Hasan, Riazuddin alias Raju, Sajid and Samar Jahan, among others, were accused of forcibly trying to take over the land of Vineet Kumar and when he protested, they also carried out a fatal attack. In the same case, the police had reached Naugawan Arjunpur village on Sunday to arrest the accused.
PAC deployed in Naugawan Arjunpur village
The police team started arresting the accused, during which some people of the village gathered and started protesting against the arrest. Within no time the situation became tense and the mob attacked the police team. During this, many policemen were injured in stone pelting and pushing. Seeing the situation worsening, the police called additional forces on the spot and took the situation under control. At present PAC has been deployed in the village.
SP City said that the entire case is being thoroughly investigated and the remaining accused are being identified on the basis of video and other evidence. Strict legal action will be taken against those who are found involved in obstructing and attacking police proceedings. At present, there is an atmosphere of tension in the village after the incident. Police are continuously patrolling the village to avoid any untoward incident.
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