Lakhimpur violence: NSUI activists hurl eggs at Union Minister Ajay Mishra's vehicle

Bhubaneswar: Protesting against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, some activists belonging to the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), the student's wing of the Congress on Sunday hurled eggs at Union Minister Ajay Mishra's vehicle outside Biju Patnaik International Airport

The minister's son is an accused in the incident happened on October 3 in which four farmers and a journalist were run over when a car allegedly driven by Ashish Mishra ploughed through a walking column of farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri district's Tikunia village

Mishra, the Union Minister of State for Home is scheduled to attend a function at the CISF campus at Mundali near Cuttack.

The NSUI Odisha had earlier announced that they would protest Mishra's visit to the state. The NSUI activists also showed black flag to the Union minister.

Police have detained some NSUI activists