Lakhimpur violence: Priyanka says UP Police keeping her detained illegally | Exclusive

Detained on her way to violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra told India Today that she is being kept in detention by the UP Police without any legal basis.

Protests have erupted across the country over the violence in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri that claimed eight lives on Sunday. Many political leaders have been detained or prevented from travelling to Tinukia village where the deadly clash involving protesting farmers and the convoy of Union Minister of State (MoS) Ajay Misra's son took place. @priyankagandhi' ', #__ pic.twitter.com/Zd2ETKmFlx

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was placed under house arrest in Lucknow but managed to travel to Lakhimpur Kheri in the early hours of Monday, has been detained by the UP Police.