The Uttar Pradesh government has said a retired high court judge will conduct an inquiry into the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in which a car, allegedly belonging to the convoy of Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son’s convoy, mowed down a group of farmers, killing eight and injuring many more.
Along with this, the Yogi Adityanath government has also announced financial assistance of Rs 45 lakh to the families of the four farmers killed in the incident and a government job to one member of the family. Rs 10 lakh will be given to the injured farmers.
Opposition leaders Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of the Congress were detained by the police after they attempted to reach the place where the killings occurred.
Arfa Khanum Sherwani of The Wire discusses the incident in detail.