Greater Noida, May 11 (PTI) Congress today demanded a judicial probe into the violent clashes between farmers and police in a village of this Delhi suburb over land acquisition for a expressway development project.
"Our demand is clear. We want a judicial inquiry by a retired judge into this incident," AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh told reporters at the Bhatta Parsaul village here.
Earlier this week, the village had witnessed clashes between farmers and state police over "insufficient" remuneration for land being acquired for the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority project.
Singh claimed that the Uttar Pradesh government was acquiring land at cheaper rates which was later being sold at Rs 3000 per sqm by the "Chief Minister Mayawati's family".
"Injustice is being meted out to farmers whose land is being acquired at rates as cheap as Rs 800-900 per sqm.