Lakhimpur farmers want case be shifted out of UP; say 'proceedings being influenced'
India TV NewsHighlights No action was taken against the Union Minister despite video, brothers of one of the farmers said The case should be transferred to Delhi, the farmers have demanded UP govt's attitude is different when it comes to criminals from their own part, farmers alleged The families of four farmers who were mowed down allegedly by Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni's son's convoy during the October 3 violence last year are now demanding that the case be moved out of Uttar Pradesh. Talking to reporters on Thursday, Gursevwak Singh, the elder brother of Gurwinder Singh, who was one of the four farmers who died, said: "The case should be transferred to Delhi. On October 3 last year, eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area. Also Read | Lakhimpur case: "Vehemently opposed" minister's son's bail plea in High Court, says UP to SC