Police said some passersby took him to the hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. (agent)
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP):
A nephew of Union Minister Ajay Mishra died on Wednesday after a tree branch fell on him while riding a motorcycle, police said.
He told that the accident happened near Khambhar Kheda village of Kotwali police station area of the district.
Police said that Achin Mishra alias Sonu (41) resident of Banveerpur village of Tikonia police station area is the son of the elder brother of the Union Minister.
Additional Superintendent of Police Arun Kumar Singh said that he was going to Lakhimpur in the evening when a branch of the tree fell on him during the storm.
According to police, some passersby took him to the hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.
The minister was recently in the news after his son was arrested in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence of October 3 last year in which eight people, including four farmers and a journalist, were killed.