Lakhimpur Kheri incident ‘a conspiracy’, claims MoS (Home) Ajay Mishra

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 3

Refuting the allegations that his son Ashish Mishra was driving the vehicle that rammed protesting farmers and killed six persons in Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Ajay Mishra Teni in a televised statement said his son was not even present at the spot when the incident took place.

Terming the whole incident a “conspiracy”, the Union minister said two persons died as their vehicle overturned and claimed that of the six dead, one was his driver and three were BJP workers, while the remaining two were farmers.

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Mishra said, “My son was not even present at the spot… the allegations against him are false… there is video evidence proving this.”

He also claimed that Ashish was at an event organised at Teni’s ancestral village since 11 am on Sunday.

“He was there since 11 am. He didn’t even go home. There were at least 2,000 people present at the venue, including district administration officials. He, too, would have been lynched had he been in the car,” he said.

The Union minister said his car was being driven by his driver and had three other BJP karyakartas travelling, who were also killed in the incident.

“The vehicle was pelted with stones by miscreants who hid amid the protesting farmers. The car overturned because of that and two farmers came underneath it. The driver and the karyakartas were then pulled out and beaten to death. The car was set on fire. The entire incident is a conspiracy,” he accused.

His son would fully cooperate with the police in the investigation, Mishra assured, while claiming that the protestors were outsiders since the two farmers, who died were identified as “residents of Nanpara area of Bahraich and not from Lakhimpur”.