Farmers were staging a protest in Tikunia village on October 3 last year against a visit of UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya when four of them were crushed under the wheels of a convoy of cars. In the subsequent violence, four others including two BJP workers and a journalist were killed.
BSP chief Mayawati condemned the Lakhimpur Kheri incident saying criminals are roaming free in Uttar Pradesh because the priorities of the state government are wrong.
Lakhimpur Kheri rape: According to the police, the incident took place on Saturday night. The victim reached her home and narrated the incident to her parents who rushed her to the district hospital and informed the Mohammadi police station.