Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra was on Friday despatched to two-day police custody within the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. This is the second time that the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri, Chinta Ram, has despatched Ashish to police custody.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday investigated the Lakhimpur Kheri case after new proof surfaced… Three days police custody of Ashish sought, one most important accused and three others. The SIT made the request after figuring out the drivers of the three SUVs and several other riders who ran over the protesting farmers on the day of the incident, killing 4 of them and a journalist. Three others had been killed within the subsequent violence.
As per the request of the SIT, the opposite three accused within the case, Ankit Das, Shekhar Bharti and Latif, have additionally been despatched to police custody.
The two-day police remand of Mishra and the opposite three will finish at 5 pm on Sunday.
After his arrest on 9 October, Ashish was positioned in Police remand for the primary time On 11 October for a interval of three days – ranging from 12 October and ending on 15 October – although the police had requested a 14-day remand for him in police custody.
Mishra was despatched to Lakhimpur Jail in judicial custody after his first remand interval ended.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
