: Lakhimpur Kheri case witness shot at in Uttar Pradesh #IndiaNEWS Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Dilbag Singh, one of the witness in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, was on Tuesday shot at by two unidentified

Lakhimpur Kheri case witness shot at in Uttar Pradesh #IndiaNEWS
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Dilbag Singh, one of the witness in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, was on Tuesday shot at by two unidentified men in Uttar Pradesh, PTI reported. A first information report has been registered against them on charges of attempt to murder.The Lakhimpur Kheri violence case pertains to the killing of four farmers and a journalist during a protest in the Uttar Pradesh district on October 3 against the three farm laws that have now been repealed. A total of eight people died in the violence that followed the protest. Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra is a prime accused in the case.On Tuesday evening, the men on a motorcycle intercepted the four-wheeler that Singh was travelling in and fired at it. The attack took place when Singh, the Lakhimpur Kheri district president of Bharatiya Kisan Union, was returning home alone. The farmer leader told PTI that his security guard was on leave at the time of the attack because his son had fallen sick.Singh said the attackers first punctured a tyre of his SUV by firing a bullet at it, because of which he had to stop the car. “The assailants attempted to open the gates and windows of the SUV,??? he added. “When...Read more

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