Lakhimpur-Kheri Violence LIVE Updates: Eight, including four farmers, were killed.
Lucknow/ New Delhi:
Various political parties and farmers’ outfits have expressed outrage over the killings of four farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, demanding the dismissal of Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra and filing a first information report against him and his son. The protests come in the wake of violence in Lakhimpur and a video which surfaced today apparently showing an SUV running over slogan-shouting farmers marching in the area on Sunday.
The farmers have alleged that the protesters were run over by an SUV driven by Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra. Both the minister and his son have denied even being at the spot. The video, being shared widely on social media, is yet to be verified by the police.
Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in the incident on Sunday.
The incident took place when a group of protesting farmers in Tikonia area of Kheri tried to block Mr Mishra and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya from visiting. The protesters were upset over a recent speech by Mr Mishra. The farmers claimed the violence broke out after a car in the minister’s convoy ran over protesters. Visuals from the area showed arson and vehicles set on fire.
Hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lucknow visit, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted the viral video of the SUV running over farmers. The Congress leader also said she had been “illegally held” indefinitely by the Uttar Pradesh government for over 24 hours after she tried to visit Lakhimpur Kheri.
Here are LIVE updates after UP Violence In Lakhimpur Kheri:
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel claimed that a drone has been seen outside the PAC guest house in Sitapur where the Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been detained.
“Whose drone is seen hovering over the Priyanka Gandhi’s room where she has been kept in custody for over 30 hours,” the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister tweeted in Hindi with a video of a drone seen over a building.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, earlier in the day, claimed that she has been detained for the last 28 hours without any order or first information report.
Protests in Rajasthan over UP violence
Left parties along with Sanyukt Kisan Morcha carried out demonstrations in several parts of Rajasthan against the violence at LakhimpurKheri in UttarPradesh.
लखीमपुर खीरी में किसानों को गाड़ियों से जानबूझकर कुचलने का यह वीडियो किसी की भी आत्मा को झखझोर देगा।
पुलिस इस वीडियो का संज्ञान लेकर इन गाड़ियों के मालिकों, इनमें बैठे लोगों, और इस प्रकरण में संलिप्त अन्य व्यक्तियों को चिन्हित कर तत्काल गिरफ्तार करे।
#LakhimpurKheri@dgpuppic.twitter.com/YmDZhUZ9xq
– Varun Gandhi (@varungandhi80) October 5, 2021
ये वास्तव में ह्रदय विदारक है। ये तस्वीरें कानून और सिस्टम को शर्मसार कर देने वाली हैं। जो भी लोग दोषी हों उनके ख़िलाफ़ सख़्त से सख़्त कार्रवाई होनी चाहिए ताकि किसान परिवारों को न्याय मिल सके। https://t.co/RTutRWRizy
– Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 5, 2021
Congress leader Deepender Hooda claims he has been under detention for last 24 hours
Congress leader Deepender Singh Hooda claimed that he has been under detention for the last 24 hours in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur. “Today after 24 hours have passed, we are still in custody like criminals for the second day, and those who crushed the farmers are free. The land of Lakhimpur was turned red with the blood of farmers, but every drop of this blood will write the story of the coming revolution. Police Line Sitapur, from police custody,” Mr Hooda tweeted.
.@narendramodi जी आपकी सरकार ने बग़ैर किसी ऑर्डर और FIR के मुझे पिछले 28 घंटे से हिरासत में रखा है।
अन्नदाता को कुचल देने वाला ये व्यक्ति अब तक गिरफ़्तार नहीं हुआ। क्यों? pic.twitter.com/0IF3iv0Ypi
– Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) October 5, 2021
