BKU leader attacked by bike-borne men in UP

 

 

 

 LAKHIMPUR KHERI, 

BKU LEADER Dilbag Singh, a witness in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, was allegedly attacked by two unidentified men. The attack took place Tuesday night when the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Tikait) District President was returning home from Aliganj-Muda road in Gola Kotwali area in his SUV when the bike-borne miscreants opened fire on him. Singh sustained no injuries in the attack. Singh is among the witnesses in Tikunia violence of October 3, 2021, in which eight people, including four farmers and a journalist, died. Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra was arrested in connection with the incident. Talking to PTI

over phone, the BKU leader said the miscreants punctured a tyre of his SUV owing to which he had to stop the vehicle.

“The assailants attempted to open the gates and windows of the SUV. When failed, they fired two shots at the window pane of the driver side,” he said. Singh said he was driving the SUV and was alone.

He said sensing the intentions of the attackers, he folded the driver seat and bent down towards the floor.

As the vehicle windows were covered with dark film, the attackers could not decide the BKU leader’s status in the SUV and fled away on their bikes.

Singh said he had sent his official gunman on leave owing to his son’s sudden sickness on the day.

He lodged a complaint with Gola kotwali police soon after the attack.

He added that he had also informed BKU-Tikait spokesperson Rakesh Tikait about the incident.