Aligarh: Two have been killed and many others injured after police fired at protesting farmers on Saturday.
The farmers had been sitting in a dharna for the past few weeks demanding higher compensation for the land acquired for the Yamuna Expressway project.
Things came to a head when the police tried to forcibly remove them. The angry farmers torched vehicles and two police posts.
The farmers of the area have been on a path of agitation demanding higher compensation rate for the land acquired for a township project by a leading real estate group along the Delhi-Agra Taj Expressway.
The farmers want the same compensation rate, which was given to owners of the land acquired between Aligarh and Noida.
The agitation is spreading from Aligarh to Mathura and authorities have sent Rapid Action Force and Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel to Jikarpur village.
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