By means of PTI
LAKHIMPUR: BKU chief Dilbag Singh, a witness within the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, used to be allegedly attacked by way of two unidentified males right here, police stated on Wednesday.
The assault came about Tuesday evening when the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Tikait) district president used to be returning house from Aliganj- Muda highway in Gola kotwali house in his SUV when the bike-borne miscreants opened fireplace on him.
Singh, alternatively, sustained no accidents within the assault.
Singh is likely one of the witnesses in Tikunia violence of October 3, 2021 through which 8 other people, together with 4 farmers and a journalist, died.
Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra used to be arrested in reference to the incident.
Chatting with PTI over telephone, the BKU chief stated the miscreants punctured a tyre of his SUV owing to which he needed to forestall the car.
“The assailants tried to open the gates and home windows of the SUV. When failed, they fired two pictures on the window pane of the driving force aspect,” he stated.
Singh stated he used to be riding the SUV and used to be on my own.
He stated sensing the intentions of the attackers, he folded the driving force seat and bent down in opposition to the ground.
Because the car home windows have been lined with darkish movie, the attackers may just no longer come to a decision the BKU chief’s standing within the SUV and fled away on their motorcycles.
Singh stated he had despatched his legitimate gunman (supplied to him by way of the district management) on depart owing to his son’s surprising illness at the day.
He lodged a criticism with Gola kotwali police quickly after the assault.
He added that he had additionally knowledgeable BKU-Tikait spokesperson Rakesh Tikait in regards to the incident.
In the meantime, Further Superintendent of Police (ASP) Arun Kumar Singh advised PTI that at the criticism of Dilbag Singh, an FIR below suitable sections of IPC have been lodged.
He stated forensic groups have been despatched to the spot to inspect the car and the crime scene and gather evidences.
He additional stated police have been investigating the case and efforts have been on to spot the attackers.
The ASP added that the BKU-Tikait district president despatched his gunman on depart on his personal with out intimating the senior police government.
“If the topic of depart to his gunman have been intimated to us, we might have supplied him every other gunman as a substitute association,” he stated.