Eight people, including four farmers, were killed, said Arun Kumar Singh, Additional Superintendent of Police, Lakhimpur Kheri, according to the NDTV report.
Two SUVs were set on fire by angry farmers, reports said, after they hit a group of protesters.
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Several journalists were also reported to have suffered injuries in the incident.
Meanwhile, in view of the violence, Maurya’s visit to the village has been cancelled.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called for a protest outside the offices of district magistrates and divisional commissioners across the country on Monday against the incident, farmer leaders Yogendra Yadav and Darshan Pal Singh said on Sunday.
They also demanded a probe into the incident by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court and not by the UP administration.
“To express our agitation against Sunday’s incident, the SKM calls for a protest outside the offices of district magistrates and divisional commissioners across the country between 10 am and 1 pm,” Singh said.
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