Meanwhile, farmers stopped the railway traffic at the Modinagar Railway station in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district. Hundreds of farmers sat on the tracks to stop the passenger and freight train movement as part of the ‘rail roko’ protest call given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha.The security forces of four police stations of Ghaziabad district have been deployed along with a company of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) at the Modinagar railway station.The agitating farmers began to gather after 11 a.m. Earlier in the morning, two passenger trains passed smoothly. Railway officials said that around 8 to 10 trains have to pass this railway station till 4 p.m.The administration has appealed to the farmers not to trouble the passengers during their agitation.Aditya Prajapati, SDM, Modi Nagar, said, “We have made proper arrangements of security forces to avoid any unfortunate incidents.”We are talking to the farmers’ representatives to not obstruct the railway traffic.”Four of the eight people who died in the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh on October 3 were farmers. They were allegedly knocked down by a vehicle carrying BJP workers. Angry farmers then allegedly lynched some people in the vehicles.The other dead included two BJP workers and their driver.Farmers have claimed that Ashish Mishra was in one of the vehicles, an allegation denied by him and Ajay Mishra who say they can produce evidence to prove he was at an event at that time.Ashish Mishra was arrested in the case on October 9. With agencies inputs
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