Lakhimpur Kheri district president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Tikait) Dilbag Singh has said his vehicle was shot at by two unidentified persons on a motorbike on Tuesday while he was returning home.
Mr. Singh is also a witness in the Tikonia incident of October 3, 2021, when a convoy of vehicles allegedly involving Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra deliberately ran over a group of protesting farmers, killing four farmers and one local journalist. Three others linked to the ruling BJP were killed in alleged retaliation by the mob.
Mr. Singh said he had a narrow escape on Tuesday evening and that he was not injured in the incident which took place a few km close to his residence.
