Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra, whose son Ashish Mishra was allegedly in the convoy that mowed down farmers, on Tuesday said he would resign if his son is found guilty. “I will resign from my post if a single proof emerges of my son being on the spot where the incident happened in Lakhimpur Kheri [on Sunday],” he said. The minister had earlier claimed that Ashish, who was booked in the case on Monday, was not at the site.

Ajay Mishra’s remarks came after Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday morning tweeted a video that showed an SUV mowing down a group of protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh. “In that video, one can clearly see that the driver who mowed down farmers was beaten to death on the spot. So, (by that logic) my son would have been killed if he had run over the farmers,” Mishra said. The FIR filed by the UP police in the matter said Ashish alias Monu was sitting in the car that mowed down farmers and he also opened fire at them.