Apart from farmers and BJP workers, Raman Kashyap, a journalist, also lost his life in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. Kashyap was working with a local media organisation in the Uttar Pradesh district.

The Wire's team reached ground zero to understand what exactly happened on October 3 and spoke to Kashyap's family. His family accused the administration of negligence and said his son would have been saved if he was sent to hospital in time.

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