Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Rakesh Tikait gives UP govt week’s ultimatum to arrest Union minister’s son
Bhartiya Kisan Union chief Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday gave a week’s ultimatum to the Uttar Pradesh authorities for arresting Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son, accused in an FIR of being behind farmers’ demise in Lakhimpur Kheri.
“We have given a week to the government to arrest the son of the Union MoS (Home). We all will gather here again on the day of ‘bhog’ (a ritual during the 13-day post-death mourning period) and then will discuss and decide the future strategy,” Tikait advised newspersons right here.
Tikait, who visited the home of Gurvinder Singh, a farmer from Moharnia village right here killed within the Lakhimpur violence, stated the minister’s son was seen by many individuals on the spot on the fateful day.
“People have several videos that will come up as soon as the net is restored,” he stated.
“The district administration has said they will arrest the minister’s son in a week. If it does not happen, we will assemble at one place on the day of ‘bhog’ of all four farmers, when it is held in eight to ten days. We will then discuss and decide our next strategy,” he added.
Tikait stated folks of the world have advised him that the minister and his son are criminals. “They are involved in diesel theft. They have three petrol pumps in Nepal where diesel is cheaper by Rs 15 to 20,” he stated.
Union MoS (Home) Misra’s son Ashish Misra alias Monu has been named in an FIR lodged at a Lakhimpur Kheri police station.
According to a report from Lakhimpur Kheri, district officers on Tuesday evening handed over compensation cheques of Rs 45 lakh every to the kin of two Kheri farmers underneath the settlement between agitating farmers and authorities.
The deceased farmers whose kin got the compensation cheques are Lavpreet Singh of Palia tehsil and Nakshatra Singh of Dhaurahra tehsil.
Lakhimpur Information Office, in a press release on late Tuesday evening, stated Kheri District Magistrate Arvind Kumar Chaurasia handed over a cheque of Rs 45 lakh to the members of the family of deceased Lavpreet Singh at their residence at Chaukhara Farm.
It additional stated Chief Development Officer Anil Singh together with ADM (Finance & Revenue) Sanjay Kumar Singh reached Namdarpurwa in Dhaurahra tehsil and handed over the compensation cheque to the members of the family of Nakshatra Singh.
(With PTI inputs)
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