The bail utility of Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra shall be heard in a courtroom in Lakhimpur Kheri on November 15.
Ashish alias Monu is likely one of the 13 accused arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the incidents of October 3 in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district, during which 4 farmers and an area journalist had been chased by a convoy of SUVs. was crushed and killed. Which is owned by Union Minister Mishra.
Later, three folks within the autos had been thrashed to demise by the mob on the spot. The SIT, headed by DIG-rank Uttar Pradesh police officer Upendra Agrawal, has arrested 4 folks for his or her alleged involvement within the killings.
Ashish Mishra was arrested on October 10. He has stated that he was not current on the spot. All the 13 accused are lodged within the District Jail Lakhimpur Kheri.
Union MoS Ajay Mishra Teni’s son Ashish Mishra after arrest in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. (Express picture by Vishal Srivastav)
On 3 October, three autos, together with that of the minister’s Mahindra Thar, plowed a bunch of farmers coming back from the protest website at Tikoniya crossroads, killing 4 farmers and a journalist.
An indignant mob thrashed two BJP leaders and Thar’s driver, and torched Thar and one other car, a Toyota Fortuner owned by Ankit Das, nephew of former Union minister Akhilesh Das. Mahindra Scorpio, the driving force of the third SUV, fled along with his car.
Ashish has claimed that on the time of the incident, he was in a wrestling program in his native village Banveerpur, about 2 km away. However, the farmers have alleged that he was current in a car.
Sources stated Ashish was questioned for 12 hours earlier than being arrested, throughout which he allegedly answered solely 40 questions that had been requested to him.
“We have discovered involvement of 16 folks within the killing of 4 farmers and a journalist. In the violence that adopted, three folks together with Thar’s driver had been killed. The SIT has arrested the remaining 13 folks, together with Ashish Mishra and the drivers of the opposite two autos.
The Thar driver has been recognized as Hari Om Mishra. The Fortuner and the Scorpio had been pushed by a Shekhar Bharti and a Shishu Pal respectively. The 13 folks arrested embrace Sumit Jaiswal, who’s a complainant within the second case.
The SIT obtained Police Remand (PCR) from the native Lakhimpur Kheri Court to interrogate all of the accused. Ashish was questioned twice, and he and the opposite accused had been taken to the scene the place the crime was recreated. Ashish was additionally taken to his village, the place he claimed to be on the time of the incident.
“The SIT is collecting evidence to prepare a solid case against the accused,” the officer quoted above stated.
In the second case, associated to the lynching of Thar driver Hari Om Mishra and BJP leaders Shubham Mishra and Shyam Sundar, the SIT final month made 4 arrests for releasing images of the incident and serving to folks determine these concerned.
The 4 arrested have been recognized as Gurvinder Singh, Vichitra Singh, Ranjit Singh and Avtar Singh, all residents of Lakhimpur Kheri. Based on the knowledge offered by Gurvinder, the SIT claimed to have recovered a stick which was allegedly used to assault two BJP leaders and the driving force.
The SIT scrutinized the movies and pictures of the violence and recognized 11 suspects. Some movies and images had been collected from social media; Others had been referred to the police by the residents of the world.
In some movies, some folks might be heard purportedly instigating the general public after the SUV ran over the protesters. Around 165 movies have been discovered to have been despatched to the SIT for forensic evaluation, together with a video matching the voice of Vichitra Singh heard in one of many movies.
“We have received reports of analysis of some videos from the Forensic Science Laboratory. We are studying them,” stated an official.
The SIT has additionally recorded statements of over 100 witnesses within the two instances, of which 70 have given their statements earlier than a Justice of the Peace.
“Most of the witnesses in the cases are common,” stated an official.
According to the police, safety has been offered to the households of eight deceased individuals. Sources stated safety has been offered to over a dozen people who find themselves necessary witnesses.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
