New Delhi: Union minister's son Ashish Mishra - accused of murder in the farmer deaths at Lakhimpur Kheri - has been summoned for questioning, the UP police said. Two people who were at the location of the incident have been arrested, the police said.
This is the first time the police has asked to question Ashish Mishra -- the son of junior home minister Ajay Mishra. An FIR against him was filed on Monday. The police pasted a notice outside the Union Minister's home, summoning his son for questioning at 10 am on Friday. The inaction so far had set off opposition allegations that the police are shielding the high-profile accused.
The two men who have been arrested have been identified as Luv Kush and Ashish Pandey. The two were in the same vehicle that ran over a journalist and farmers, the police said. Two gun cartridges have been recovered from them. An eight-member UP Police team will investigate the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
The Supreme Court, which is hearing a petition regarding the events at Lakhimpur Kheri, on Thursday questioned "how many people have been arrested" and asked the state government to submit a status report by tomorrow.
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Assuring that people involved in Lakhimpur Kheri violence will be punished, UP law minister Brajesh Pathak on Friday said the matter is sub judice and the opposition parties should not politicize the incident.
Speaking to ANI, Mr Pathak said, "The UP government is conducting an independent investigation and the people involved in the violence will be punished."
He also said, "The violence in Lakhimpur Kheri is condemnable and the opposition parties should not take mileage by conducting ''political tourism''.
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Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday demanded that MoS Ajay Mishra Teni should be dismissed from his post in connection with Lakhimpur Kheri violence on October 3 in which eight people including four farmers were killed.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who arrived in Lucknow with a delegation, ahead of her Lakhimpur Kheri visit said, "We demand that Monu Mishra should be arrested immediately and the minister should be dismissed."
"Families of innocents who lost their lives should be compensated properly including a government job," she further said.
The SAD leader also attacked the government over the three farm laws and said, "Govt hasn't been listening to farmers and now farmers have been killed... We stand with the farmers."
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Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Minister's Son Yet To Appear Before Police
Union Minister of State for Home Kumar Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra, who was asked to appear before the police at 10 am on Friday in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, did not reach the police lines till 10.30 am. Deputy Inspector General (Headquarters) Upendra Agarwal who is heading the probe team arrived at the office on time. "Ashish Mishra has not turned up till now," an official source said around 10.30 am. After two men were arrested on Thursday, the police pasted a notice outside his house asking him to appear before it in connection with the violence that claimed eight lives.
