"Papa, Please Come Quickly," Dying Teen UP Farmer Said From Hospital
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Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: After hours of negotiation between farmers and the police, Lovepreet's cremation took place at 3 pm. His body was taken out of the glass case to a field about 100 metres away, where a funeral pyre had been readied.
One of the victims of the violence in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday was a 19-year-old farmer. Lovepreet Singh, in his dying moments, called his father from his hospital bed and begged him to come quickly.
"When they took him to hospital, he called, I said 'beta, how are you'. He said 'Papa, main theek hoon. Jaldi aa Jao (I am ok. Please come soon)'. I said we are on our way. But when we reached Lakhimpur Kheri, he had died," said Lovepreet's father Satnam Singh, choking up.
Lovepreet Singh and three more farmers were among the eight killed in the violence during a protest against Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra's visit. Four farmers were run over by a car in the minister's convoy. Later, there were clashes and cars were burnt at the spot.
Farmers allege that car was being driven by the minister's son, Ashish Mishra. The UP police have filed a case against him.
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