NHRC to send probe team to stir-hit Bhatta Parsaul

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which has received complaints of human rights violations in Bhatta Parsaul village in Greater Noida, will send an investigative team to the village.

Four people, including two policemen, were killed in an exchange of gunfire between farmers protesting land acquisition and the police in Bhatta Parsaul in Uttar Pradesh last Saturday.
“In several complaints received in the commission, it has been alleged that the police mercilessly lathi-charged the farmers who were demanding more compensation for their land which was being acquired by the state government,” the NHRC statement said.

“In view of the gravity of the situation, the commission has decided to depute its investigating team for conducting an on-the-spot inquiry in the matter,” it said.

The farmers in the village are agitating for higher compensation for land taken for constructing the 156-km Yamuna Expressway, which will link New Delhi with Agra and reduce travel time by an hour.

“NHRC is pained to see complaints and media reports alleging large scale violence in Bhatta Parsaul and other nearby areas in Greater Noida, leading to loss of life and injuries to several persons, including the officers on state government duty,” the statement said.