Lovepreet Singhs family refused to cremate him until they were given the autopsy report.Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh: One of the young victims of the violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday was a 19-year-old farmer. Lovepreet Singh, in his dying moments, called his father from his hospital bed and begged him to come quickly.By the time his family reached, it was too late.Lovepreet Singh and three more farmers were among the eight killed in Sunday’s violence during a protest against Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s visit. Four farmers were run over by a car in the minister’s convoy.Farmers allege that car was being driven by the minister’s son, Ashish Mishra. The UP police have filed a case against him.Weeping next to his body in a glass casket, his family today refused to cremate him until they were given the autopsy report and a copy of the FIR against Ashish Mishra.”My son was crushed under a car…They have not taken any action against the person responsible. The administration is trying to cover up,” said Lovepreet’s father.Lovepreet’s two sisters mourned their only brother, his body in a glass casket since Sunday. He had left home saying he was heading out for a good cause.”When they took him to hospital, he called, I said ‘beta, how are you’. He said ‘Papa, I am ok. Please come quickly’. I said we are on our way. But when we reached Lakhimpur Kheri he had died,” said Lovepreet’s father.
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