Banbirpur also spelled as Banveer Pur is a village near Tikunia in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
Banbirpur | |
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![]() ![]() Banbirpur Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
Coordinates: 28.4091°N 80.9785°E / 28.4091; 80.9785 | |
Country | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Lakhimpur Kheri |
Government | |
• Type | Sarpanch (Pradhan) |
• Body | Gram panchayat and Nyaya panchayat |
Vehicle registration | UP- 31 |
Website | kheri |
In 2021, Lakhimpur Kheri violence occurred on the Tikonia-Banbirpur road near Banbirpur village in the Tikunia area.[2][3] It was a vehicle-ramming attack and mob lynching incident during farmers’ protest against the three farm laws passed by the BJP led Union Government. It happened on 3 October 2021 at Tikunia[4] in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh, India resulting in deaths of eight people and injuries to 10 others. Four protesters and a journalist were run over by the car, three others were killed in the subsequent violence.[5][6] Two First information reports (FIR) on the incident were filed in the Tikunia police station.[7]
The town had a population of 5,578 in 2011. Male population of 2,952 and 2,626 females. There were 1101 households in the village.[8]
The village is part of the Nighasan (Assembly constituency). Shashank Verma of BJP is the MLA from the constituency since the 2019 bye polls.
Tikunia police station serves the area.[7]
Tikonia-Banbirpur road connects the village with Tikunia nagar panchayat.[1]
The father and son were walking together along with hundreds of other farmers to their houses when the jeep came from behind and ran over many of them. In quick succession, two other vehicles, a Scorpion and Fortuner, followed it crushing all those who were already seriously injured and lying on the ground.
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