2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence
| Lakhimpur Kheri incident | ||||
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| Part of 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest | ||||
| Date | 3 October 2021 | |||
| Location | 28°23′42″N 80°58′34″E / 28.395°N 80.976°E | |||
| Methods | Vehicle-ramming attack, drive-by shooting, lynching | |||
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The Lakhimpur Kheri incident was a sequence of violent incidents comprising a vehicle-ramming attack, drive-by shooting and a mob lynching all on 3 October 2021 at Banbirpur village near Tikunia in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh, India. They occurred during farmers’ protests against three agricultural laws passed in 2020 by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Union Government. The violence led to the deaths of eight people and injuries to ten others. Four protesting farmers and a journalist were run over by a car. Two BJP members and MP Ajay Mishra Teni's driver were lynched by protestors in the aftermath.