08 May,2011 08:56 AM IST | | Agencies
Two policemen were among three persons killed and District Magistrate Deepak Agarwal sustained a bullet injury in fierce clashes that broke out in Greater Noida on Saturday between security personnel and agitating farmers holding three roadways employees hostage.
Scores of people, including an SSP were also injured when the agitation by the farmers demanding better compensation for their acquired land turned violent in Bhatta Parsaul village in Gautam Buddha Nagar, a Delhi suburb.
The agitating farmers alleged that a protester, who was found dead, was killed in police firing after villagers and security personnel fought pitched battles for several hours. The three employees of the state-run UP roadways held hostage since yesterday were rescued by the security personnel, police said. "Two constables were killed when protesters fired heavily on the police team, which had gone to rescue three employees of UPSRTC held hostage since yesterday," DGP Karamveer Singh said.
He said a body of an unidentified man with country-made firearms and cartridges was later recovered in the field and it was yet to be ascertained under what circumstances he died. Agarwal, who went to the village hoping to resolve the hostage crisis through talks, suffered a bullet injury and was rushed to Kailash hospital in adjacent Noida, police said.u00a0u00a0
