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Kin of farmer demand second autopsy, say bullet injury ignored

The family of one of the four farmers killed at Tikonia village here in Uttar Pradesh in the violent incident involving the convoy of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra on Tuesday demanded that a fresh autopsy be conducted, refusing to accept the findings of the post-mortem report. The family of Gurvinder Singh of Bahraich said while the autopsy report showed that he had died of internal injuries, they alleged he had been shot dead by Ashish Mishra, the Minister’s son, while trying to evade agitated farmers after vehicles in the Minister’s convoy ploughed through the crowd. In the FIR lodged against Ashish Mishra in Lakhimpur Kheri early on October 4 on the complaint of Hari Singh of Bahraich, it is mentioned that Ashish ran towards the sugarcane fields after his car lost balance, and he was firing shots while trying to hide. Hari Singh, the complainant, accused Ashish of shooting Gurvinder dead. The FIR was lodged under IPC 302, 304A and under criminal conspiracy among other charges. Fresh panel Following the family’s complaints, Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said the Uttar Pradesh government had formed a fresh autopsy panel and sent doctors to Bahraich in a helicopter, adding that the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) was also not satisfied with Gurvinder’s autopsy report. The cremation of three other farmers had been carried out with the consent of their families, Mr. Tikait said. Sukhvinder Singh, Gurvinder’s father, alleged that his son died after being shot by Ashish. “He was shot. Teni’s (Ajay Kumar Mishra) son Monu (Ashish Mishra) shot him. They have presented a wrong autopsy report,” said Mr. Sukhvinder in Bahraich. The family has said it will not conduct the last rites till the demands for a fresh autopsy are met. Miskeen Singh, Gurvinder’s uncle, told The Hindu that they were sure he was shot, and shared a video in which a round injury mark was present near his temple. The family said the autopsy report did not reflect the bullet injury. Mr. Miskeen alleged it was being done to protect the Minister’s son, who has already been booked for murder in the car incident, and to make the case “weak”.

The Hindu

2021-10-06

LAKHIMPUR KHERI