Ghaziabad: A day later farmers and BJP staff Clashes at UP Gate, 200 ‘unknown’ farmers were booked on Thursday for rioting, criminal intimidation and assault based on a complaint by a party worker. However, no action was taken on a counter complaint by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), following which farmer leaders threatened to launch indefinite protests outside police stations across the state.
Sidhi Pradhan lodged complaint BJP The worker said that while they were waiting to welcome the party’s newly-appointed state secretary Amit Valmiki, over 200 farmers attacked them with sticks, iron rods and weapons and damaged their vehicles as well.
a matter IPC sections 147 (punishment for causing riot), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 352 (assault other than grievous provocation or punishment for criminal force), 427 ( SP City-2 Gyanendra Singh said that Rs 50 and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) have been registered at Kaushambi police station.
In this police station, Ghaziabad president of BKU Vijender Singh had also lodged a complaint against BJP workers, but the police has not taken any action yet.
SP Gyanendra Singh said that the farmers had attacked BJP workers and only after that there was a scuffle. “We have CCTV footage in which farmers were attacking party workers,” he said. He said that with the help of footage obtained from the spot, efforts are being made to trace the farmers.
On Thursday afternoon, the team of farmers reached the SSP office and staged a sit-in. Protest. Farmer leaders have warned of fresh agitation. “The police have acted unilaterally against those who attacked the farmers by not acting on our complaint. We will not tolerate this. If action is not taken, we will launch an indefinite agitation in police stations across Uttar Pradesh,” said Dharmendra Malik, media in-charge of BKU.
He said the FIR was an “attempt by the Ghaziabad Police to suppress the protest of the farmers”. “BKU will give a befitting reply to it. The farmers have started reaching the police stations and will continue to do so till the attackers are nabbed and arrested. No matter how big a movement has to be started across the country, BKU is ready for it.
Sidhi Pradhan lodged complaint BJP The worker said that while they were waiting to welcome the party’s newly-appointed state secretary Amit Valmiki, over 200 farmers attacked them with sticks, iron rods and weapons and damaged their vehicles as well.
a matter IPC sections 147 (punishment for causing riot), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 352 (assault other than grievous provocation or punishment for criminal force), 427 ( SP City-2 Gyanendra Singh said that Rs 50 and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) have been registered at Kaushambi police station.
In this police station, Ghaziabad president of BKU Vijender Singh had also lodged a complaint against BJP workers, but the police has not taken any action yet.
SP Gyanendra Singh said that the farmers had attacked BJP workers and only after that there was a scuffle. “We have CCTV footage in which farmers were attacking party workers,” he said. He said that with the help of footage obtained from the spot, efforts are being made to trace the farmers.
On Thursday afternoon, the team of farmers reached the SSP office and staged a sit-in. Protest. Farmer leaders have warned of fresh agitation. “The police have acted unilaterally against those who attacked the farmers by not acting on our complaint. We will not tolerate this. If action is not taken, we will launch an indefinite agitation in police stations across Uttar Pradesh,” said Dharmendra Malik, media in-charge of BKU.
He said the FIR was an “attempt by the Ghaziabad Police to suppress the protest of the farmers”. “BKU will give a befitting reply to it. The farmers have started reaching the police stations and will continue to do so till the attackers are nabbed and arrested. No matter how big a movement has to be started across the country, BKU is ready for it.
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