The Faridabad police have registered 4 extra FIRs towards 15 folks for allegedly promoting authorities land “fraudulently” to residents of Khori village. This comes a day after a number of residents lodged complaints with the Suraj Kund police station and Case registered towards 16 folks.
“These folks concerned within the land mafia duped harmless folks and offered authorities land by fraud at throwaway costs. Faridabad Police PRO Sube Singh stated that 4 extra folks have lodged a grievance on this regard and an FIR has been registered towards 15 extra folks.
DCP (NIT) Dr Anshu Singla stated, “A total of 25 FIRs have been registered against those who fraudulently marked up plots on government land and sold them to people. We have started investigation in these cases and some arrests are expected soon.”
On July 7, Khori village was below the shadow of demolition after the Supreme Court directed the Faridabad Municipal Corporation (MCF) to “remove encroachment on forest land without exception”.
In the times that adopted, the village witnessed large protests, supported by social activists in addition to leaders of the farmers’ motion on the borders of Delhi. Police and residents have additionally clashed repeatedly, most lately on June 30, when residents had been stopped from holding a Maha Panchayat within the village’s Ambedkar village. An argument broke out between the residents and the police officers about this, which changed into violence, with the residents allegedly pelting stones on the police, and later resorting to lathi-charge to regulate the state of affairs.
An FIR was registered towards over 400 folks for violating Section 144 and pelting stones at police personnel throughout the day, officers stated, including that movies of stone-pelters had been recorded, together with residents of Khori as properly. Outsiders had been additionally recognized. However, no arrest has been made on this case to this point.
The Supreme Court had given the MCF six weeks to hold out the demolition. The subsequent listening to of the case can be on July 27.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
