<p>In a shocking incident, a three-time former Uttar Pradesh lawmaker was allegedly lynched following a dispute over property in the state's Lakhimpur Kheri district, about 150 kilometres from here, on Sunday.</p>.<p>The son of the MLA also suffered serious injuries while trying to save the latter and was admitted to the hospital.</p>.<p>According to the police sources here, Nirvendra Kumar Mishra, a three time independent MLA from Nighasan assembly constituency in the district, was attacked by armed miscreants, when he tried to stop them from taking possession of a piece of land near Trikolia Bus stand in the district.</p>.<p>There was a dispute between Mishra and one Sameer Gupta over the land and the matter was currently sub-judice.</p>.<p>Sources said that the miscreants hit septuagenarian ex-MLA with rods and sticks. His son was also attacked, when he tried to rescue his father.</p>.<p>Mishra, who sustained serious injuries, was rushed to the hospital but was declared dead by the doctors.</p>.<p>Police, however, claimed that Mishra suffered a heart attack after falling down during the scuffle. Mishra's son rejected the police claim and said that his father was beaten to death.</p>.<p>An irate mob, comprising supporters of the ex-MLA, later blocked traffic on the main highway demanding arrest of the culprits. Tension prevailed in the area, sources said.</p>.<p>Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav condemned the killing of the former MLA and said that no one was safe in the BJP regime in the state.</p>.<p>UP Congress president Ajai Kumar Laloo said that there was no law and order in the state.</p>.<p>It was the second case of mob lynching in the state in the past three days. Earlier a Muslim youth was lynched over suspicion of theft by a frenzied mob in UP's Bareilly district.</p>
<p>In a shocking incident, a three-time former Uttar Pradesh lawmaker was allegedly lynched following a dispute over property in the state's Lakhimpur Kheri district, about 150 kilometres from here, on Sunday.</p>.<p>The son of the MLA also suffered serious injuries while trying to save the latter and was admitted to the hospital.</p>.<p>According to the police sources here, Nirvendra Kumar Mishra, a three time independent MLA from Nighasan assembly constituency in the district, was attacked by armed miscreants, when he tried to stop them from taking possession of a piece of land near Trikolia Bus stand in the district.</p>.<p>There was a dispute between Mishra and one Sameer Gupta over the land and the matter was currently sub-judice.</p>.<p>Sources said that the miscreants hit septuagenarian ex-MLA with rods and sticks. His son was also attacked, when he tried to rescue his father.</p>.<p>Mishra, who sustained serious injuries, was rushed to the hospital but was declared dead by the doctors.</p>.<p>Police, however, claimed that Mishra suffered a heart attack after falling down during the scuffle. Mishra's son rejected the police claim and said that his father was beaten to death.</p>.<p>An irate mob, comprising supporters of the ex-MLA, later blocked traffic on the main highway demanding arrest of the culprits. Tension prevailed in the area, sources said.</p>.<p>Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav condemned the killing of the former MLA and said that no one was safe in the BJP regime in the state.</p>.<p>UP Congress president Ajai Kumar Laloo said that there was no law and order in the state.</p>.<p>It was the second case of mob lynching in the state in the past three days. Earlier a Muslim youth was lynched over suspicion of theft by a frenzied mob in UP's Bareilly district.</p>
