Lakhimpur Kheri: The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the Uttar Pradesh Government 24 hours to file a status report identifying the accused in the First Information Report (FIR) registered on the Lakhimpur Kheri violence and whether they have been arrested or not.
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India ordered the State to facilitate immediate medical care for the mother of a 19-year-old man who was among the killed in the incident.
Eight people were killed in the violence that erupted during the farmers’ protest in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday after son of Union Minister of State reportedly ran over his vehicle on farmers.
The farmers had assembled to protest Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit to Banbirpur.