Witness In UP Farmers' Killing Alleges Attack Over Case, Cops Deny Charge
NDTV
Hardeep Singh said he was stopped by a group of people, beaten up and warned against testifying in the Lakhimpur Kheri case.
Another witness in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri case, in which the son of a Union Minister is accused of running over farmers, has alleged that he was attacked and threatened not to testify.
Hardeep Singh said he was attacked by a group of people on Sunday in the Rampur district over his role as a witness in the case involving Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni, who is the member of parliament from Lakhimpur.
"I was returning after praying at the gurdwara. A car came from the back with three-four people. Another car had three-four more. The stopped me. One of them started to beat me. Another hit me from behind. I was hit with a kadha and the butt of a pistol. They said, 'If you go to testify, we will shoot you'," Mr Singh said.
He named Mehar Singh Dayol, a local leader of the BJP in Rampur, and Saranbjeet Singh.
