The son of a junior minister in India’s government was arrested by police on Saturday after a recent protest escalated and ultimately left nine people dead. Officials and farm leaders said four farmers died after a car ran over a group of farmers who were protesting on Oct. 3 in Lakhimpur Kheri, a town in Uttar Pradesh state. The car belonged to Junior Home Minister Ajay Mishra. Farm leaders accused Mishra’s son of having been in the car when it ran over the protesters, but he denied it. Protesters beat the occupants of the car with sticks after the incident. Mishra’s driver and three members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, who were all in the car, were all killed. Ashish Mishra, the son of the minister, was arrested in connection with the deaths of the four farmers. He failed to present any evidence that could prove he was not present in “any of the …