Etah firing incident: 17 held in connection with clash over land dispute

AGRA: Day after scores of residents of Kharsuliya (Etah) and Nauli (Farrukhabad) exchanged multiple rounds of fire in the presence of heavy police force over the land dispute, Etah police arrested 17 men in connection with the case.
The apprehended men were identified as Pushpender Singh, Brajraj Singh, Pravesh Singh, Vinod Yadav, Bhupinder, Arvind Singh, Mohan Singh, Bhanu Singh, Pushpender Singh, Omender Singh and Bhure of Nauli village of Farrukhabad.While men arrested from Kharsuliya were identified as Sunil Kumar, Sawant Singh, Raju, Asraf, Narendra and Narendra Singh. All were charged under IPC sections 147, 148, 149, 332, 353, 307, 269, 270, 188, 7 criminal amendment act, 56 disaster managed act, 3 epidemic act and arms act.
According to Etah police, total 19 named and 200 unidentified people were booked in connection with the clash.
Etah SP Sunil Kumar Singh said, “Over a road land dispute, the villagers of two districts had engaged in clash. Even after police and district administration officials' intervention, the men did not stop from firing bullets at each other. An FIR was lodged and 17 were arrested.”
It was alleged, that supporters of Aliganj BJP MLA Satyapal Singh Rathore, dug a road which connected the two villages. Later when men from Farrukhabad came to repair the road, the clash occurred.
Speaking to TOI, MLA Satyapal Singh Rathore said, “The disputed land was never a road, but was part of farm field of Kharsuliya farmers. Over the years, the land was converted into a temporary road and was mostly used by Nauli villagers. Due to the regular use, the road developed big potholes and patches, which Nauli villagers attempted to repair, following which Kharsuliya farmers confronted them.”
“The confrontation led to exchange of fire between the two side and one villagers of our area was injured. The villagers of Nauli have couple of metalled road but they are adamant to use the farm land as unmetalled road,” said the MLA