Conflicting accounts about how violence broke out around vehicles reportedly part of minister Ajay Mishra’s convoy
Nine people have been killed in violent clashes during a protest by hundreds of farmers in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, in a deadly escalation of year-long demonstrations against contentious agriculture laws.
The farmers had gathered for a demonstration on Sunday in Lakhimpur Kheri district, where the junior home affairs minister Ajay Mishra, and the state’s deputy chief minister, Keshav Prasad Maurya, were due to visit.