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2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence
The Lakhimpur Kheri incident was a sequence of violent incidents comprising a vehicle-ramming attack, drive-by shooting and a mob lynching all on 3 October 2021 at Banbirpur village near Tikunia in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh, India. They occurred during farmers’ protests against three agricultural laws passed in 2020 by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Union Government. The violence led to the deaths of eight people and injuries to ten others. Four protesting farmers and a journalist were run over by a car. Two BJP members and MP Ajay Mishra Teni's driver were lynched by protestors in the aftermath.
The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest were a series of protest against three farm acts which were passed by the Union Government of India in the BJP controlled Parliament of India in September 2020.
In September 2021, Ajay Mishra Teni, a BJP leader and Minister of State for Home Affairs was attending an event in Palia town of Lakhimpur Kheri district. During the event, the farmer union members had shown black flags as a sign of protest. Teni warned the protesting farmer union members in his speech saying, "Sudhar jao, nahi toh hum sudhaar denge, do minute me" (transl. You better reform, or we will reform you in two minutes.) Tajinder Singh Virk, a farmer leader who is also linked to the Samajwadi Party, later organised a protest against Teni's upcoming visit, in response to this warning. On 3 October, Minister Teni and Keshav Prasad Maurya had planned to attend an event in the area. Maurya is the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
On 3 October 2021, hundreds of farmers in the Tikonia area of Lakhimpur Kheri district were returning after staging protests as part of the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protests against the 2020 Indian agriculture acts. The protestors were blocking state deputy chief minister Maurya's visit to Banbirpur village. Protestors walking on the road were hit and ran over from behind by a speeding Mahindra Thar, a sport utility vehicle (SUV). Two other vehicles in the convoy quickly followed the first car and ran over the injured people on the ground. According to witnesses, gunshots were also fired. Protesters torched the Thar and Toyota Fortuner cars and killed three of their occupants, while the driver of the third car in the convoy, a Mahindra Scorpio, fled the site with his car.
Eight people died in the violence. Two farmers died on the spot while two more died later in the hospital. Ten farmers were injured. Raman Kashyap, a 28-year-old journalist working with the private TV news channel was among those killed. According to his father and brother, Kashyap was hit by the car and grievously injured. Three persons in the minister's convoy (the driver of Ajay Mishra Teni and two BJP workers) were lynched by the farmers, two of the three died.
Two of the cars involved were owned by Union Minister Teni. According to eyewitnesses, the minister's son, Ashish Teni, was in one of the cars.
Two first information reports (FIR) on the incidents were filed at the Tikunia police station. The complainant alleged that the event was 'premeditated' and that a "conspiracy was hatched by the minister" (Ajay Teni) and his son. Ashish Teni, along with around 20 unnamed men, were charged. The charges listed in the FIR were Indian Penal Code sections 147, 148, 149 (all three related to rioting), 279 (rash driving), 338 (causes grievous hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life), 304A (causing death by negligence), 302 (murder), and 120B (party to a criminal conspiracy) Ashish Teni was allegedly driving the car involved in the incidents. He denied the charge and evaded police questioning for six days.
The Supreme Court of India heard the case after two lawyers from Uttar Pradesh wrote to Chief Justice N. V. Ramana, seeking a federal investigation into the incidents. The Supreme Court criticised the Uttar Pradesh government and expressed dissatisfaction over the initial steps taken. The court also asked the police why the minister's son had not been arrested when he was accused of a serious crime of murder. Chief Justice Ramana, speaking for the court, disapproved of the staffing of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Government of Uttar Pradesh stating "the people in the commission, they're all local officers".
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2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence
The Lakhimpur Kheri incident was a sequence of violent incidents comprising a vehicle-ramming attack, drive-by shooting and a mob lynching all on 3 October 2021 at Banbirpur village near Tikunia in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh, India. They occurred during farmers’ protests against three agricultural laws passed in 2020 by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Union Government. The violence led to the deaths of eight people and injuries to ten others. Four protesting farmers and a journalist were run over by a car. Two BJP members and MP Ajay Mishra Teni's driver were lynched by protestors in the aftermath.
The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest were a series of protest against three farm acts which were passed by the Union Government of India in the BJP controlled Parliament of India in September 2020.
In September 2021, Ajay Mishra Teni, a BJP leader and Minister of State for Home Affairs was attending an event in Palia town of Lakhimpur Kheri district. During the event, the farmer union members had shown black flags as a sign of protest. Teni warned the protesting farmer union members in his speech saying, "Sudhar jao, nahi toh hum sudhaar denge, do minute me" (transl. You better reform, or we will reform you in two minutes.) Tajinder Singh Virk, a farmer leader who is also linked to the Samajwadi Party, later organised a protest against Teni's upcoming visit, in response to this warning. On 3 October, Minister Teni and Keshav Prasad Maurya had planned to attend an event in the area. Maurya is the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
On 3 October 2021, hundreds of farmers in the Tikonia area of Lakhimpur Kheri district were returning after staging protests as part of the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protests against the 2020 Indian agriculture acts. The protestors were blocking state deputy chief minister Maurya's visit to Banbirpur village. Protestors walking on the road were hit and ran over from behind by a speeding Mahindra Thar, a sport utility vehicle (SUV). Two other vehicles in the convoy quickly followed the first car and ran over the injured people on the ground. According to witnesses, gunshots were also fired. Protesters torched the Thar and Toyota Fortuner cars and killed three of their occupants, while the driver of the third car in the convoy, a Mahindra Scorpio, fled the site with his car.
Eight people died in the violence. Two farmers died on the spot while two more died later in the hospital. Ten farmers were injured. Raman Kashyap, a 28-year-old journalist working with the private TV news channel was among those killed. According to his father and brother, Kashyap was hit by the car and grievously injured. Three persons in the minister's convoy (the driver of Ajay Mishra Teni and two BJP workers) were lynched by the farmers, two of the three died.
Two of the cars involved were owned by Union Minister Teni. According to eyewitnesses, the minister's son, Ashish Teni, was in one of the cars.
Two first information reports (FIR) on the incidents were filed at the Tikunia police station. The complainant alleged that the event was 'premeditated' and that a "conspiracy was hatched by the minister" (Ajay Teni) and his son. Ashish Teni, along with around 20 unnamed men, were charged. The charges listed in the FIR were Indian Penal Code sections 147, 148, 149 (all three related to rioting), 279 (rash driving), 338 (causes grievous hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life), 304A (causing death by negligence), 302 (murder), and 120B (party to a criminal conspiracy) Ashish Teni was allegedly driving the car involved in the incidents. He denied the charge and evaded police questioning for six days.
The Supreme Court of India heard the case after two lawyers from Uttar Pradesh wrote to Chief Justice N. V. Ramana, seeking a federal investigation into the incidents. The Supreme Court criticised the Uttar Pradesh government and expressed dissatisfaction over the initial steps taken. The court also asked the police why the minister's son had not been arrested when he was accused of a serious crime of murder. Chief Justice Ramana, speaking for the court, disapproved of the staffing of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Government of Uttar Pradesh stating "the people in the commission, they're all local officers".