Exclusive: Didn’t think I’d come out alive, recalls Lakhimpur Kheri violence eyewitness

Pawan Gupta, a block pramukh leader of Lakhimpur Kheri, spoke to India Today TV about the violent clashes on Sunday that led to 8 deaths and said that he felt he would not come out of it alive.

Pawan Gupta, a block pramukh leader of Lakhimpur Kheri, spoke to India Today TV about the violent clashes on Sunday that led to 8 deaths and said that he felt he would not come out of it alive.

Pawan Gupta was seen in the black Scorpio car in one of the viral videos of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. He has said that around 12 pm on Sunday, he was moving to Banvirpur for the dangal when the car was stopped by the farmers who were protesting with black flags.