Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Governor of India's Uttar Pradesh State Orders Probe Days After 8 Deaths

As many as eight people were killed on 3 October in Lakhimpur Kheri District in India's Uttar Pradesh state after a protest by farmers, demanding the repeal of last year's three farm liberalisation laws, turned bloody. The farmers have alleged that vehicles owned by a federal minister ran over them deliberately and without any provocation.