Wagholi, nearly 20 km from Pune, continued to be tense on Sunday. On Friday, local farmers stoned the official vehicle of Haveli tehsildar Sanjiv Deshmukh. He had gone there along with two surveyors for a socio-economic survey ahead of the proposed land acquisition for an SEZ by Videocon.

Pune had witnessed a violent revolt by farmers from Maan village in Mulshi taluka against acquisition of their land for the expansion of Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park at Hinjewadi in March 2006. On Sunday, Shetkari Sangathan, a farmers’ organisation, decided to mobilise locals against what it termed “state dictatorship against farmers”.

Videocon Chairman Venugopal Dhoot said, “I do not think it happened at our site. What I heard was a few people gathered and shouted at some officials. That does not mean anything.”