Twenty-one people, including Gurgaon councillor Nisha Singh from Ward no-30, were arrested by police on Saturday on charges of attempt to murder government officials on duty and rioting while authorities took possession of hundreds of houses in a colony that came up on panchayat land. All the accused have been arrested under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Police said that senior Congress leaders Pradeep Jaildar, Khazan Singh, Pradeep Kashyap, Mohan Singh, Krishanpal, Kanwarpal, Ramkishan and nearly 200 other unidentified people have been booked. Nearly three dozen people, including women and children and some policemen, were on Friday injured in clashes when authorities forcibly took possession of hundreds of houses in Dokhar Ki Dhani village in sector 47 here.
The people were opposing the government move to take possession of the houses built over more than 13 acres of land in a colony of Dokhar Ki Dhani. The said colony that sprang up on panchayat land of Fatehpur Jharsa village was acquired by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) in 2005. But to oppose the acquisition, the gram panchayat and the then sarpanch did not claim the compensation released by the Haryana government.
Later in 2008, the area came under the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG), and local body officials (MCG) accepted the compensation. HUDA officially became the owner of the land.