Twelve farmers were booked for rioting; obstructing a public servant from performing his duty and criminal trespass after a group of villagers attacked officials of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) yesterday and forced them to leave their agriculture land acquired for the upcoming nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village of Fatehabad . They were booked on a complaint lodged by Hoshiar Singh, Manager (HR) of NPCIL, A police spokesperson said, “The villagers are alleged to have prevented NPCIL officials from entering their land acquired for the project and uprooted the fencing installed by the corporation at the site.” Hoshiar Singh did not respond to calls made to his mobile while TR Arora, Project Director of the GHAVP, said as he had been in Kota for the past three days, he did not know the facts of the case. Ram Singh Bishnoi, District Revenue Officer, Fatehabad, said the owners of 28 acres of the 1,313 acres acquired for the Gorakhpur project had been demanding enhanced compensation in accordance with the amended Land Acquisition Act. They had moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court with their grievance which had directed the Financial Commissioner to pass a speaking order within three months. As a large majority of farmers had already accepted the compensation on older rates, the FC’s order found the farmers’ claim untenable,” Bishnoi explained. He said after handing over possession of their land, the farmers chose to illegally enter the land, uprooted fencing and caused hindrance in the performance of duty by NPCIL officials.