Lakhimpur Kheri Live: Police Jeep was set on fire outside Gautum Palli police station in Lucknow near Akhilesh Yadav protest place

Lucknow: Police Jeep was set on fire outside Gautum Palli police station in Lucknow near Akhilesh Yadav protest place. Akhilesh Yadav sit on dharna outside his residence in Lucknow. Police personnel are deployed at Yadav's residence at Vikramaditya Marg ahead of his scheduled Lakhimpur Kheri visit.

Several Opposition leaders from various parties including Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa are also scheduled to visit Lakhimpur Kheri today.

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Samajwadi Party workers gathered outside Akhilesh Yadav's residence here as police deployed forces and put up barricades ahead of his scheduled visit to Lakhimpur Kheri today.

As many as eight people died in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident on Sunday, said Uttar Pradesh police.

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