VILLAGERS THRASH REVENUE OFFICERS; POLICE FILE CASE

Two suspects threatened, abused and assaulted five revenue officers and tore off the land records (khasra) when they reached Bisrakh Jalalpur village in Dadri tehsil for measuring land parcels on Monday, police said. According to district administration officials, the revenue officials had reached the spot to measure land following court orders.

Officials said that a police team, including two sub-inspectors and a constable, was provided by the Ecotech 3 police station. However, due to some confusion over jurisdiction, the team left midway, leaving the revenue officials on the spot. The revenue team included revenue inspector Vinod Kumar, along with a kanungo (revenue clerk) and lekhpals (who maintain land records) Chandvir, Darshan and Arvind Srivastava.

“The police team left as personnel from another police station were supposed to replace them. As soon as the police left, the local villagers started threatening us. They beat up the revenue inspector and were also threatening to use a gun. They also hurled abuses,” said lekhpal Dimple Yadav, Dadri tehsil president of the Lekhpal Sangh.