Son of junior home minister Ajay Mishra Teni, was arrested on accusations he ran over and killed four protesting farmers last week, according to a senior police official on Sunday.
Police arrested the minister's son, Ashish Mishra, late on Saturday after questioning him for more than 10 hours, said Deputy Inspector General Upendra Agarwal. Mishra had not responded to a police summons on Friday.
"We are taking Ashish Mishra in custody. He was not cooperating in the investigation," Agarwal said.
The farmers, killed on Oct. 3 in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, were part of India's longest-running agricultural protest which opposes laws they fear will reduce guaranteed minimum prices for their crops.
Mishra's lawyer and father could not be reached for comment.
Farmers revealed that the car that crashed into the protesters, about 130 km (80 miles) north of the state's capital Lucknow, was owned by the son of the junior home minister.
On his part, Ajay Mishra Teni said at the time his son was not at the site and that a car driven by "our driver" had lost control and hit the farmers after "miscreants" pelted it with stones and attacked it with sticks and swords.
The incident sparked protests that claimed four more lives, including that of a local journalist.
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