UP govt to pay Rs 45 lakh to kin of 4 farmers killed in Lakhimpur Kheri violence

Mangalore Today News Network

Lucknow, Oct 04, 2021: The Uttar Pradesh government has engaged with the protesting farmers and settled to pay a compensation of Rs 45 lakh to the kin of the four farmers killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.

 

A compensation of Rs 45 lakh will be paid to the families of the deceased while the injured will get Rs 10 lakh. A judicial probe will also be conducted in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence matter while one family member of the victims will be given a job.

UP Police ADG (Law & Order) Prashant Kumar said on Monday, “The government will give Rs 45 lakhs and a government job to the families of the 4 farmers who died in Lakhimpur Kheri yesterday. The injured will be given Rs 10 lakhs.”

Kumar also said that an FIR will be registered based on the farmers’ complaint and a retired high court judge will probe the matter.

Prashant Kumar said, “Leaders of political parties have not been allowed to visit the district because Section 144 of CrPC is in place. However, members of farmer unions are allowed to come here.”

Eight people were killed on Sunday as violence erupted during a farmers’ protest, claiming the lives of both farmers and BJP workers in Lakhimpur Kheri.

Union minister Ajay Misra’s son Ashish Misra has been accused of running over a group of protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri, resulting in four deaths. Clashes following the deaths of the farmers led to four more deaths.

Four of the dead were people in the cars, apparently a part of a convoy of BJP workers, who had come to welcome UP minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. They were allegedly thrashed to death.

Courtesy:India Today