Priyanka attends Lakhimpur farmers' last prayers

October 12, 2021 13:54

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attends the 'antim ardas' (last or final prayers) of farmers who were killed in the October 3 Lakhimpur Kheri violence.

Security has been heightened in Lakhimpur Kheri on Tuesday. The antim ardas will be held in Tikonia.

Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand and other parts of Uttar Pradesh have been streaming into the district to attend the event. Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary are among those attending.

Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, who is accused of killing the farmers by mowing them down in an SUV, is in three-day police custody.

In court Monday, the UP Polices Special Investigation Team sought custody of Ashish for 14 days. They claimed he was "not cooperating with the probe".

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