FIR against Priyanka Gandhi, others after Lakhimpur Kheri violence
Date
10/5/2021 5:32:17 AM
(MENAFN- NewsBytes) The Uttar Pradesh Police has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Deependra Hooda, and several others. Hargaon Police Station SHO said they have been booked for "disturbing peace." This comes a day after Vadra was detained on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri, where nine people died on Sunday during a farmers' protest.
In this article
- Congress party workers protested Vadra's detention
- Chhattisgarh CM not allowed to leave Lucknow airport
- 9 people had died in Lakhimpur Kheri incident
Details Congress party workers protested Vadra's detention
Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President Ajay Kumar Lallu is also among the 11 people accused in the FIR, filed at the said police station in Sitapur district. Congress party workers and supporters have been holding a sit-in protest outside the guest house where Vadra was detained. She had also posted several tweets questioning her arrest by the police.
Developments Chhattisgarh CM not allowed to leave Lucknow airport
Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel, who arrived in Lucknow today, said the police did not allow him to leave the airport. "I came to Lucknow to proceed to meet Priyanka Gandhi ji at Sitapur. But I am not being allowed to leave the airport," news agency ANI quoted him as saying.
Incident 9 people had died in Lakhimpur Kheri incident
On Sunday, violence broke out in Tikonia area of Lakhimpur Kheri after an SUV ran down protesting farmers there. Nine people, including four farmers, were killed in the violence. The protesters were trying to block Ajay Mishra and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya from visiting. Mishra is the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs.
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