Lakhimpur: In Lakhimpur Violence case, prime accused Ashish Mishra has been granted bail by Allahabad High Court. shish is the son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Ajay Kumar Mishra Teni.
Last month in a Special Investigation Team probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case had in a chargesheet named Ashish Mishra as the prime accused in the case and said that there was a planned conspiracy to murder the protesting farmers. In the 5,000-page chargesheet, the number of accused in the case was also increased to 14.
On October 3 in Lakhimpur Kheri Violence total eight people have died. During the farmers protest, SUV of Ashish Mishra rammed on the protestors which led to the death of four farmers. Of the dead, four were farmers, a journalist, two BJP workers and a driver.
Ashish Mishra and former Union minister Akhilesh Das’s nephew Ankit Das are among the accused persons in the case.
It may be noted here that Mishra was arrested on October 9 last year. “Ashish Mishra has been arrested as he was not cooperating during the interrogation and did not answer a few questions,” SIT DIG Upendra Agarwal had said at the time of Mishra’s arrest.
Mishra was arrested a day after the Supreme Court had expressed its dissatisfaction with the Uttar Pradesh government over inaction in the matter.
In the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, the violence had taken place during a farmers’ protest, ahead of a visit to Lakhimpur by state Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.
The bail order, passed by Justice Rajiv Singh bench, was released on Friday. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to probe the case on the directions of the Supreme Court, has also named Ashish as one of the main accused.
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