Congress leader Sachin Pilot 'detained' in Moradabad en route to Lakhimpur Kheri

Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday said he was detained along with Acharya Pramod Krishnam by the police in Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh when they were on their way to meet the families of the four farmers killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violenceSpeaking with PTI Pilot said all through their road journey from Delhi they were stopped at multiple checkpoints posed several questions by the police and were eventually detained and taken to a guest house in MoradabadWe have broken no law we were merely going to meet the families of the farmer victims and the intention was to bring peace and calm in the area People who are named in the FIR are not being questioned or detained but people who are going to share the sorrow and wipe the tears of people are being detained the former Rajasthan deputy chief minister saidAlso Read Congress delegation led by Rahul Gandhi reaches UPs Lakhimpur KheriThis evening AcharyaPramodk ji amp I were detained in Moradabad while on route to Lakhimpur Kheri We didnt break any provisions of the law These undemocratic steps of UP Govt will not deter us he said in a tweetWell raise our voice for justice for the deceased farmers amp their families Pilot saidPilot landed in Delhi on Wednesday morning and set out for Sitapur and Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh by road straight from the airportCongress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was in detention in Sitapur since Monday morning She was on her way to meet the families of the farmers killed in Sundays violence in Lakhimpur Kheri when she was stoppedShe and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were allowed to go Lakhimpur Kheri on WednesdayPilot was stopped by the police briefly near Gaur City in Ghaziabad on the national highway24 but then permitted to proceed towards HapurSenior Superintendent of Police Pawan Kumar said Ghaziabad Police has no plans to intercept Pilots motorcadeEarlier vehicles were being checked at the Ghazipur border and City Superintendent of Police second Gyanendra Singh who was on duty there had said that Pilot will not be allowed to go to Lakhimpur as his presence might cause law and order problems thereEight people were killed Sunday as violence erupted during a farmers protestFour of the dead were farmers allegedly knocked down by vehicles driven by BJP workers travelling to welcome Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to an event in the areaThe other four were two BJP workers a driver of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra and Raman Kashyap a journalist working for a private TV channelWhile the first three were allegedly lynched by agitating farmers the scribe according to his father died after being hit by a vehicle when he was covering news of farmers protest against Mauryas visit to Ajay Mishras native placeThe UP Police has lodged a case against Union minister Ajay Mishras son but no arrest has been madeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever