NCW demands CBI probe into police action on women in Greater Noida

The National Commission for Women today sought a CBI probe into incidents of alleged atrocities on women by police in two Greater Noida villages where clashes between police and farmers claimed four lives last week.

"We demand a CBI inquiry into alleged police action against women villagers during and after the farmers-police clashes," NCW Acting Chairperson Yasmeen Abarar said.

Four persons, including two policemen, were killed in the clashes and firing in Bhatta-Parsaul villages in Greater Noida on Saturday last. Villagers have also alleged that some police personnel trespassed into their houses and outraged dignity of women.

The national human rights commission also said it will send an investigation team to the affected villages.

The rights panel said it has received complaints about police outraging women's dignity and mercilessly lathicharging farmers demanding more compensation for their land acquired for a road project.

The opposition has flayed the UP government for its land acquisition policy while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who sat on a dharna at the village before being arrested late last night, alleged that the government has "unleashed atrocities on its own people."