A group of women vandalised a police post in a village in Karnal district, claiming that their crops were harvested by another group, following which prohibitory orders were imposed in some villages, police said today.
The women yesterday vandalised the police post in Lalupura village in Karnal protesting against the other group claiming responsibility of their land, police said.
The other group, which claims to be in lawful possession of the land, however, said the women had no claim on the land in question and were throwing tantrums just to gain sympathy and to put pressure on the authorities, they said.
In view of the tense situation, prohibitory orders were imposed in some villages of Karnal, they said.
The villages, including Kalram and Amritpur, where the200 acre land is located, fall in Gharonda block of Haryana's Karnal district, about 140 km from here.
The protesting women claimed that they and their menfolk had been guarding the crops for a week, but a few days ago they had gone to Delhi in connection with some protest and in their absence, the other group had harvested their crops.
They claimed that the land had been in their possession continuously since consolidation in 1965 and alleged that the revenue records were altered by revenue officials in connivance with land mafia during consolidation of land holdings in April, 1999.
The women threatened to immolate themselves along with their children if those who had harvested the crops were not punished.
The other group claimed that the protestors did not have any right on the land.
