Dilbag Singh, the Lakhimpur Kheri district president of Bhartiya Kisan Union (Tikait faction), narrowly escaped when two unidentified men on a motorcycle shot at his car.
Dilbag Singh, the Lakhimpur Kheri district president of Bhartiya Kisan Union (Tikait faction), narrowly escaped when two unidentified men on a motorcycle shot at his car.
Dilbag Singh, Lakhimpur Kheri district president of Bhartiya Kisan Union (Tikait faction) has said that when he was returning home on Tuesday evening, his vehicle was shot at by two unidentified men on a motorcycle.
Mr. Singh is also a witness in Tikoniya Incident of October 3, 2021, when a convoy of vehicles allegedly containing Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra deliberately attacked a group of protesting farmers, killing four farmers and a local journalist. Three others belonging to the ruling BJP were killed in alleged retaliation by the mob.
Mr Singh said he had a narrow escape on Tuesday evening and was not injured in the incident that took place a few kilometers away from his residence.
They told Hindu The miscreants fired three bullets. The first hit the tire of a running car, while the other two hit the window after stopping.
“He fired at the tyre. I stopped the car and then they approached it from the side and tried to open the window. The car was locked. I took my seat. They fired two bullets at the window,” Mr Singh said.
After this the shooters fled from the spot, he said.
In his police complaint, Mr Singh said the miscreants had opened fire “with intent to kill”. Lakhimpur Kheri police said that an FIR is being registered under relevant sections at Gola police station.