Bullet injury ignored; family of dead Kheri farmer wants second autopsy
The Hindu
Witnesses, FIR speak of Union Minister’s son Ashish shooting at victim while fleeing accident site
The family of one of the of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra, on Tuesday demanded that a fresh autopsy be conducted and refused to accept the findings of the post mortem report.
The family of Gurvinder Singh of Bahraich said while the autopsy report showed that he had died of internal injuries, they alleged that he had been shot dead by Ashish Mishra, the Minister’s son while trying to evade agitated farmers after vehicles in the Minister’s convoy had ploughed through the crowd.
Following the family’s complaints, BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said the Uttar Pradesh government had formed a fresh autopsy panel and sent doctors to Bahraich in a helicopter, adding that the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) was also not satisfied with Gurvinder’s autopsy report.