![A simmering land dispute erupted in Bijnor, UP, on Wednesday when a tractor driven by a pistol-carrying female goon ran over a group of Christian women trying to defend the Church land.]( "A simmering land dispute erupted in Bijnor, UP, on Wednesday when a tractor driven by a pistol-carrying female goon ran over a group of Christian women trying to defend the Church land.") |
A screenshot of Bijnor's armed mafia woman, Mamata Agarwal, before driving
a tractor into a group of Christian women. (Video below) |
Sujay Ghosh, July 23, 2015, New Delhi, NewsCrunch
A simmering land dispute erupted in Bijnor, UP, on Wednesday when a tractor driven by a pistol-carrying female goon ran over a group of Christian women trying to defend the Church land.
The clash, which was captured on camera, has the shocking visual of the tractor driver, Mamata Agarwal, running over a young woman, who was trying to get the vehicle off the Church land.
The video shows the unidentified woman emerging from underneath after the tractor passes over her; she was lucky to have gone between the two wheels. She was injured, though not grievously and is recovering at a local hospital.
The drama unfolded on Wednesday afternoon when Mamata Agarwal, from a local influential family. started a tractor tucking a pistol under her saree fold at waist. She drove it into a large plot of land owned by a 100-year-old Church and started running over the crops.
A group of Christian women, who were anticipating the attack, tried to stall her by blocking her way and throwing sticks at her. It was then the unidentified woman came under the wheels of the tractor.
![A simmering land dispute erupted in Bijnor, UP, on Wednesday when a tractor driven by a pistol-carrying female goon ran over a group of Christian women trying to defend the Church land.]( "A simmering land dispute erupted in Bijnor, UP, on Wednesday when a tractor driven by a pistol-carrying female goon ran over a group of Christian women trying to defend the Church land.") |
A screenshot of a woman coming under the tractor driven by Mamata Agarwal (Video below)
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But the brave women managed to stop the tractor, disarm Mamata and give her a few slaps, when the police arrived.
Mamata is said to be the wife of a local thug Rajkamal Agarwal.
The local land mafia is reportedly eyeing the 17-acre of plot owned by the church, which is reportedly worth between 300 to 400 crores. The 50 odd Christian families affiliated to the Church have been putting up a strong resistance.
Local residents say the land mafia had tried to fabricate the documents claiming ownership, which was successfully contested in the local courts by the Christian community.
On a change of tactic, the land mafia tried sending an armed woman on a tractor to intimidate the Christian families, who had a ready response, and let their women counter the attack, besides capturing the episode on a video.
Local residents blame the police for playing a partisan role and favouring the land mafia. The video below shows a policeman trying to record the video of protesting Christian women and ignoring Mamata Agarwal, who was caught with a pistol.
The police also arrived late, much after the confrontation had concluded, though the entire drama had unfolded in front of the local District Magistrate's residence, which always has a police presence.
![A simmering land dispute erupted in Bijnor, UP, on Wednesday when a tractor driven by a pistol-carrying female goon ran over a group of Christian women trying to defend the Church land.]( "A simmering land dispute erupted in Bijnor, UP, on Wednesday when a tractor driven by a pistol-carrying female goon ran over a group of Christian women trying to defend the Church land.") |
| Christian women successfully subdue Mamata Agarwal and disarm her (Video below) |
But after the incident came out in the media, Bijnor police booked Mamata under sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt).
NDTV provided a different account of the incident suggesting Mamata had acted on her own. It said Mamata came from a rich business family, which had no inkling of her actions.
Video: Watch Bijnor Christian women defending land from gun-wielding tractor driver Mamata Agarwal
