Bhatta Parsaul Rapes

A bench of the Allahabad High Court will today decide whether the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should probe the alleged rape of women in Bhatta and Parsaul villages in Uttar Pradesh by police jawans in the aftermath of the land acquisitions clashes between farmers and Noida police in May last year. Those violent clashes had also claimed th...

After almost six months of inaction over the alleged rapes in Bhatta and Parsaul villages, the Uttar Pradesh government has finally ordered filing of FIR against security personnel accused in the case. The FIR is being lodged at the Dankur police station in Noida.

It pitched Mayawati against Rahul Gandhi and while the Uttar Pradesh administration may have dragged its feet in registering cases against policemen, alleged to have raped women in Bhatta and Parsaul villages, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission has now stepped in.

For almost six months their ordeal during the violent farmer-police clashes in Bhatta Parsaul, which took place in May this year, went largely unreported. But now women are speaking out and alleging cases of rape against policemen, who cracked down on the protestors.

Whether six women were raped by policemen in Greater Noida during a weekend in May has become a political point of such significance that three different committees have been roped in for their assessment.

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has issued an arrest warrant against a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer for failing to investigate seven alleged rape cases in Bhatta-Parsaul villages.

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has sought registration of FIRs against policemen accused of raping seven women in Bhatta and Parsaul villages during an agitation against by farmers.

A few weeks after UPA General Secretary Rahul Gandhi alleged that women had been raped by Uttar Pradesh policemen during the Bhatta-Parsaul agitation, a media report said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) found no evidence of rape.Now, an embarrassed government says they have reservations about the NHRC report."I don't want to comment on ...

Backing Rahul Gandhi's claims about alleged police atrocities on Greater Noida villagers, the National Commission for Women (NCW) today demanded a CBI probe into the incidents "as soon as possible"."I request a CBI inquiry as soon as possible so that evidence is not destroyed," acting NCW chairperson Yasmeen Abrar told reporters in New Delhi.Abrar ...

The gloves are off in Uttar Pradesh ahead of next year's elections. And the twin villages of Bhatta-Parsaul are right in the middle of the political battleground. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today stepped up the ante against the Mayawati government. "We've just begun in Bhatta. Beware of our next move," Mr Gandhi said on Wednesday as he...

A bench of the Allahabad High Court will today decide whether the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should probe the alleged rape of women in Bhatta and Parsaul villages in Uttar Pradesh by police jawans in the aftermath of the land acquisitions clashes between farmers and Noida police in May last year. Those violent clashes had also claimed th...

After almost six months of inaction over the alleged rapes in Bhatta and Parsaul villages, the Uttar Pradesh government has finally ordered filing of FIR against security personnel accused in the case. The FIR is being lodged at the Dankur police station in Noida.

It pitched Mayawati against Rahul Gandhi and while the Uttar Pradesh administration may have dragged its feet in registering cases against policemen, alleged to have raped women in Bhatta and Parsaul villages, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission has now stepped in.

For almost six months their ordeal during the violent farmer-police clashes in Bhatta Parsaul, which took place in May this year, went largely unreported. But now women are speaking out and alleging cases of rape against policemen, who cracked down on the protestors.

Whether six women were raped by policemen in Greater Noida during a weekend in May has become a political point of such significance that three different committees have been roped in for their assessment.

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has issued an arrest warrant against a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer for failing to investigate seven alleged rape cases in Bhatta-Parsaul villages.

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has sought registration of FIRs against policemen accused of raping seven women in Bhatta and Parsaul villages during an agitation against by farmers.

A few weeks after UPA General Secretary Rahul Gandhi alleged that women had been raped by Uttar Pradesh policemen during the Bhatta-Parsaul agitation, a media report said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) found no evidence of rape.Now, an embarrassed government says they have reservations about the NHRC report."I don't want to comment on ...

Backing Rahul Gandhi's claims about alleged police atrocities on Greater Noida villagers, the National Commission for Women (NCW) today demanded a CBI probe into the incidents "as soon as possible"."I request a CBI inquiry as soon as possible so that evidence is not destroyed," acting NCW chairperson Yasmeen Abrar told reporters in New Delhi.Abrar ...

The gloves are off in Uttar Pradesh ahead of next year's elections. And the twin villages of Bhatta-Parsaul are right in the middle of the political battleground. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today stepped up the ante against the Mayawati government. "We've just begun in Bhatta. Beware of our next move," Mr Gandhi said on Wednesday as he...