UP Violence: In Lakhimpur Kheri, UP, eight people died on Sunday, including four farmers.
Lucknow:
Families of farmers who were allegedly crushed to death by a car driven by a Union minister’s son in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri have agreed to cremate the bodies. Initially, he refused the cremation, demanding a post-mortem report and a copy of the FIR.
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One of these is the family of 19-year-old Lovepreet Singh. dying farmer After being hit by the car, he said that the bodies will not be cremated until the report is received. The death of farmers on Sunday had sparked arson and violence in the area, in which four others were killed.
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Lovepreet’s father Satnam Singh said, “My son was crushed under a car. They have not taken any action against the person responsible. The administration is trying to hide it.” Reports suggest that the postmortem report of all the eight bodies stated that the death was due to injuries, shock and brain haemorrhage.
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The change came a day after farmers struck a pact with the government, a pact of sorts, and agreed to cremate the bodies.
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Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was arrested yesterday by Uttar Pradesh Police on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri, tweeted: “So much for the government’s claims that the families of the deceased farmers are satisfied with the action taken so far.”
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Ms Gandhi Vadra and party colleague Deepender Singh Hooda, are still in custody and alleged that they were being held illegally.
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Signing “Police Line Sitapur Se”, Hooda tweeted in Hindi, “Farmers brutally trampled around freely and we are in police custody for 36 hours. Farmer families mourning and celebrating in Lucknow. Is.”
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Union minister Ajay Mishra and his son Ashish Mishra, who have been accused of murder, denied that they were at the spot on Sunday. Both said that they were attending a function along with Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Maurya.
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A video is being circulated on social media which clearly captures the moment the SUV rammed into a crowd of protesters and crushed several of them. Apart from several opposition leaders, it was also tweeted by BJP MP Varun Gandhi, who said it “shakes the soul”.
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Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, who was in Guwahati for a function this afternoon, avoided questions from reporters on the incident at Lakhimpur Kheri.
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Even today, the Uttar Pradesh Police has stopped the opposition leaders who went to ground zero of Sunday’s violence. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was not allowed to exit from Lucknow airport.
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