Nirvendra Kumar had been elected from the Nighasan Assembly as an Independent legislator in 1989 and 1991 and in 1993 on the Samajwadi Party ticket.
AGENCIES / Lakhimpur Kheri (UP)
In another ghastly crime, a former Independent MLA from Uttar Pradesh Nirvendra Kumar Mishra was beaten to death in a land dispute in Lakhimpur on Sunday.
The land in question is located near the bus station and the matter is in court.
According to reports a few local men allegedly carried out the crime near the Trikolia Padhua bus station. Mishra’s family members said that the men came with weapons to grab the land, and the former MLA and his son Sanjeev Mishra were attacked upon resisting the action. Mishra’s son sustained injuries in the incident and is now being treated at a hospital. The land dispute matter is reportedly also in court.
After the incident, Mishra and his son Sanjeev were rushed to the hospital, where the former MLA was declared dead. Sanjeev’s condition remains critical. Soon after Mishra’s death, his supporters gathered in huge numbers and started a protest by keeping his dead body on the road near Trikolia bus station.
Family sources said that scores of armed men had come to forcibly occupy the disputed land and beat up the father and son.
Local people are staging a massive demonstration in Lakhimpur in protest against the incident.
Nirvendra Kumar had been elected from the Nighasan Assembly as an Independent legislator in 1989 and 1991 and in 1993 on the Samajwadi Party ticket.
Senior police officials were on the spot and did not respond to calls.
Meanwhile, UP Congress tweeted, “Another Brahmin killed. The jungle raj in UP is getting frightening.” The Samajwadi Party termed it as a heart wrenching incident and asked the state government to explain.
The incident has once again added momentum to Brahmin politics ahead of the state assembly elections. The politicians had already been pushing to woo the upper caste after the encounter of Vikas Singh and announcement of Lord Parshuram’s statue.
Latching onto the narrative, the Opposition has sighted the MLA’s death as another proof of atrocity against the community. Congress leader and spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala on Sunday asked whether the leaders of ‘Brahmin community’ were being targeted by criminals in the state.