Even as Agra sizzles, civil society is making no efforts to end the deadlock to cool off the highly charged environment and bring peace to the troubled minds.

 It was Uddhanpura village in Jagner that first saw a major confrontation between the police and the villagers who are  fighting it out with the system demanding justice and fair play.  All political parties minus the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party are backing the villagers.

 Lal Garhi, Uddhanpura, Shamshabad, are the three battle zones engaging thousands of policemen for the past several days.

 In Uddhanpura village, a minor scuffle with the police led villagers to confine an SHO for several hours. This unleashed a police terror for the next couple of days, forcing all males in the village to flee for safety. For the past 15 days politicians of all hues are making a beeline to sympathize with the victims, women and children who were mercilessly beaten up by cops on May 18.

 "It was a police Atyachar reminiscent of the British colonial days, in fact worse," said a Samajwadi Party leader. BJP leaders have already approached the Human Rights Commission and filed a writ in the Supreme Court to secure release of dozens of villagers taken into custody. Five returned on Wednesday, released on bail.

While the police was battling with the Uddanpura episode, the Satsangis of Dayalbagh (a socialistic Utopia, century old) a cult that broke off from Hinduism, and the villagers of the area engaged in a full scale war, with lathis, and fire arms openly used. Last week the Satsangis challenged the might of the police leading to exchange of stones and fire arms. The whole belt is now on fire resulting from a dispute over ownership of land and the right of free movement that the villagers are demanding.

The well-connected Radhasoami faith followers have accused the police of kowtowing political bosses and allowing criminals to rule the roost. The May 27 violent engagement between the Satsangis and the police has now snowballed into a major confrontation that threatens the peace of the whole area. Three days ago people from more than 40 villages gathered for a Mahapanchayat at Khandauli and resolved to fight it out to the end. The villagers are in a violent mood and have promised support to the BSP leader Bhoori Singh wanted by the police in several cases against the Satsangis.

The leaders of the Radhasoami faith NS Sethi, Prem Prashant and SK Nair have  accused the police of siding with the villagers and not taking any interest in arresting the "law breakers." They say the police had registered fake cases and booked many Satsangis for no reason. They would have no alternative but to go to the court, if the oppression continued, they warned.

In Shamshabad, a BJP legislator Dr Rajendra Singh has opened a Morcha against the police. Three days ago thousands of villagers blocked all roads to and from Shamshabad. The police, according to Rajendra Singh had threatened to deal with him firmly, if he continued with the agitation to protest attack on his family members by unidentified gunmen, three days ago. Singh is a popular leader of the area. When people learnt of the police threat, there was a spontaneous build up in his support.

Once again all political parties minus the BSP joined hands and supported the Bandh call that paralyzed life for a whole day. The whole belt is fuming with anger against police atrocities.

In the Etmadpur Tehsil, villagers are up in arms against land acquisition for the JP group's Yamuna Expressway. In Fatehabad area, villagers have been agitating for higher compensation for the land already acquired.