Farmer’s kin cremate body after 2nd autopsy

BAHRIACH: The body of Gurvinder Singh, one of the four farmers killed in Lakhimpur Kheri violence, was cremated on Wednesday morning in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh following the completion of a second post-mortem examination as per the demand of the family, officials said,

With this, the bodies of all the four farmers who died in the incident have been cremated, officials said.

Rakesh Tikait, who reached Bahriach late on Tuesday evening after the Gurvinder’s family refused to cremate the body unless a second post-mortem was done, spent the night with the family and demanded the arrest of Ashish Mishra, the son of Union minister of state for home Ajay Kumar Mishra.

Farmers have alleged the vehicles of convoy that crushed four famers on October 2 belonged to Union minister of state for home Ajay Mishra and son Ashish Mishra. The minister and his son have denied involvement. However, the police have registered a case against Ashish Mishra but no arrests have been made so far.

Families of Daljeet (42) and Gurvinder (22), both Bahraich residents killed in Lakhimpur violence, had initially declined to cremate the bodies on Monday night but Daljeet’s family relented on Tuesday following the district administration’s effort to convince them.

Upon Gurvinder’s family’s insistence on a second post-mortem, alleging the first one tried to hide a bullet injury that they claimed caused his death, the administration agreed.

The second post-mortem was done early on Wednesday morning with a panel of doctors from Lucknow observing the process. Besides, the panel of doctors from Lucknow, two local doctors designated by family members were also present.

The second post-mortem examination happened at 4 am on Wednesday at the Bhariach medical college and the cremation was done at the family’s agriculture field in the Mohraniya village.

Sukhdev Singh, the elder brother of Sukhvinder said: “We were satisfied with the second post-mortem in Bahraich on our demand (the first one was done in Lakhimpur Kheri). But our biggest demand is not fulfilled yet. The demand is the justice for Gurvinder. The culprits should be arrested and punished”.