4 booked for assaulting Noida officials during drive in village
Noida, Sept. 15 -- Four men were booked for allegedly manhandling Noida authority officials during anti-encroachment drive on Friday in Noida's Sorkha Jahidabad, police said on Sunday, adding no one is arrested as yet.
Vineet Sharma, assistant manager of Work Circle 6 in Noida authority, in his complaint has alleged that a group of farmers manhandled him and policemen accompanying him during the drive on Friday, said officers.He alleged that when a team reached to remove encroachments in Khasra 819 and 834, an angry mob hurled stones and verbally abused them.
"On Sharma's complaint, Sections 132 (assault or criminal force), 352 (intentional insult), and 351 (criminal intimidation) of the BNS were registered against four suspects on Saturday," said SHO (Sector 113 Police Station) Krishna Gopal Sharma, adding that further probe is on.
Notably, the Sector 113 police also booked four Noida authority officials and two constables after a group of farmers in afternoon protested outside the Sector 113 police station on Friday, demanding strict action, alleging that the officials carried out the drive on their registered land and while protesting it, police force was used and they were baton-charged.
Multiple videos of the dispute also circulated on social media , showing a clash between policemen and farmers....
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