Farmers gather at Kisan Bhawan to remember Lakhimpur Kheri victims, trigger traffic jam

Stopped from proceeding, they turned back and began marching along a different route, leaving commuters stuck in long queues.

Kisan Mazdoor Morcha members take out a candlelight march in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune Photo: Vicky

A police official at the spot said the protest began around 6 pm and remained largely peaceful, with the farmers dispersing on their own around 8 pm. No force was required, no memorandum was submitted and no one was detained.

The Lakhimpur Kheri violence took place on October 3, 2021, when four protesting farmers were run over by a vehicle. The farmers alleged that the vehicle belonged to Ajay Mishra Teni, then Union Minister of State for Home, an allegation Teni denied.