UP Protesters Killed 4, Farmers Died Under Car They Flipped: Minister

Ajay Mishra said neither his son, nor he was present at the site when the incident occurred.

Union Minister Ajay Mishra on Sunday said that three BJP workers and a driver were beaten to death by "some elements" among the protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, after a car in which they were travelling turned turtle.

Ajay Mishra told PTI over the phone that two farmers had died after coming under the car.

The Union minister of state for home said neither his son, nor he was present at the site when the incident occurred.

He said the incident happened when some BJP workers were going to receive UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya who had come to attend an event at Lakhimpur Kheri.