Watch: Priyanka Gandhi Vs UP cops on way to Lakhimpur Kheri, Congress say she is arrested

Youth Congress President Srinivas BV on Monday tweeted that Priyanka Gandhi has been arrested by UP Police from Hargaon village in Lakhimpur Kheri district.

The Congress general secretary reached Lakhimpur early on Monday a day after violence during a farmers' protest claimed 8 lives, including four farmers.

The Congress leaders alleged they were not allowed to meet the victims of the violence.

Priyanka Gandhi, who is accompanied by party leader Deepender Singh Hooda among others, had to take alternative routes to reach the destination as heavy security was deployed on the main roads amid tension in the violence-hit region.

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Earlier, the Congress leader was seen arguing with cops who were trying to stop her from reaching Lakhimpur.

Priyanka Gandhi's convoy was earlier briefly stopped by the Uttar Pradesh Police officials in Lucknow, where the Congress general secretary had arrived on Sunday night, within a few hours of violence being reported during an anti-farm laws protest here.

Meanwhile, mobile internet services were suspended in parts of the violence-hit district, where restrictions under CrPC section 144 -- which prohibits assembly of four or more people -- has also been imposed, according to officials.

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