The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Uttar Pradesh Police sought three-day police custody of Ashish, a major accused and three, son of Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra, on Thursday with contemporary proof throughout its probe within the Lakhimpur Kheri dying case. different. A neighborhood courtroom is prone to hear the SIT’s utility on Friday. Mishra, Ankit Das (nephew of former Union minister Akhilesh Das), his driver Shekhar Bharti and gunner Latif are in judicial custody.
This transfer of the SIT has come after Identified drivers and a number of other individuals from the three SUVs, who ran a protest in opposition to the farmers on 3 October, killing 4 of them and a journalist. Three others had been killed within the subsequent violence.
“Apart from Ashish Mishra, the police have given an application seeking police remand for three days for Ankit Das, his driver Shekhar Bharti and private gunner Latif. A local court has fixed Friday for hearing on the petition,” stated public prosecutor SP Yadav. Police stated they need to confront Ashish Mishra and others together with the 4 different accused arrested on Monday.
This is the second time that the SIT has sought police custody of the 4 accused. Ashish’s first police custody ended on the morning of October 15. During the remand interval, Ashish was taken to the crime scene the place the SIT reconstructed the crime scene. He was taken to his native village Banveerpur, the place he claimed that he was collaborating in a wrestling match on the time of the incident. Meanwhile, the Lakhimpur Kheri courtroom on Thursday despatched 4 different accused Sumit Jaiswal, Shishu Pal, Nandan Singh Bhist and Satya Prakash Tripathi to three-day police custody. He was arrested on Monday and is in jail. Yadav stated his police custody would start from Friday.
The SIT has to this point taken the statements of two dozen witnesses and arrested 10 individuals.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
