Lakhimpur Kheri incident: Kin of killed BJP males, driver too get Rs 45 lakh

A sum of Rs 45 lakh every was given to the households of two BJP males and a driver of Union Minister of State for House Ajay Kumar Mishra, killed within the violence after a automobile within the BJP convoy allegedly ran over protesting farmers, killing two of them on the spot. A complete of eight individuals, together with 4 farmers and a neighborhood journalist in addition to two BJP males and their driver had been killed within the ensuing violence on Sunday.

The households of the killed farmers and the journalists too had been given the compensation of Rs 45 lakh earlier by the Uttar Pradesh authorities.

The compensation cheque to households of slain BJP man Shubham Mishra and minister’s driver Hariom Mishra was given BJP’s Lakhimpur (Sadar) MLA Yogesh Verma, away from the media glare on Thursday, stated sources.

The compensation cheque to the kin of the second slain BJP man Shyam Sundar was given by native tehsildar (income official), they added.

The state authorities had initially introduced an ex gratia every of Rs 45 lakh for the households of 4 farmers however the kin of native journalist Raman Kashyap too was given the cheque later.

Nighasan tehsil SDM O P Gupta accompanied by different civil and police officers had handed over the cash to the household of the journalist two days in the past.

Relations of the 2 killed BJP staff and Mishra’s driver confirmed receiving the cash with the images of the MLA handing over the cheques to 2 households additionally doing the rounds on social media.

The MLA couldn’t be reached for the affirmation however a authorities official stated on Friday that the compensation cash has been given to households of all eight individuals by the federal government.

Following the preliminary probe into the Sunday violence, the 2 killed BJP males and Mishra’s driver too have been included among the many initially unnamed six accused within the FIR as accountable for triggering the violence.

The only accused named in a criticism filed by a Bahraich farmer is the Union MoS (House) Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra.

Among the many 4 deceased farmers, whereas Lovepreet Singh and Nachatar Singh had been from Lakhimpur, Daljeet Singh and Gurvinder Singh hailed from Bahraich.