FIR against over 50 people after Greater Noida villagers attack cops

Over 50
people were booked on Monday for rioting and assaulting policemen and a
sub-divisional magistrate during a land acquisition drive in Greater Noida for
the upcoming Jewar airport, police said.

A team of
the district administration had gone to Dayanatpur village to acquire land for
the project when a clash broke out between them and the villagers, the police
said. “SDM Jewar, Gunja Singh, and three policemen suffered minor injuries
in the clash, while windows of four government vehicles were damaged during
stone pelting,” a police official said.

An FIR has
been registered at the Jewar police station following a complaint by the
sub-divisional magistrate, the official said. “Thirty-four people have
been named in the FIR, while another 20-25 unidentified people have been
booked,” he added.