Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Union minister’s son Ashish Mishra remanded in police custody once more
Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister of State for House Ajay Mishra, was once on Friday remanded in police custody for 2 days in reference to the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. That is the second one time that Ashish was once remanded in police custody through Lakhimpur Kheri’s Leader Judicial Justice of the Peace Chinta Ram.
With contemporary proof rising all through its investigation into the Lakhimpur Kheri case, the Uttar Pradesh Police’s Particular Investigation Crew (SIT) on Thursday sought three-day police custody of Ashish, a major accused, and 3 others. The request got here after the SIT known drivers and a number of other occupants of the 3 SUVs, which ran over protesting farmers at the day of the incident, killing 4 of them and a journalist. 3 others have been killed within the next violence.
In keeping with SIT’s request, the opposite 3 accused within the case — Ankit Das, Shekhar Bharti and Latif– have additionally been despatched to police custody.
The 2-day police remand for Mishra and the opposite 3 will finish at five pm on Sunday.
Following his arrest on October 9, Ashish was once positioned in police remand for the primary time on October 11 for a duration of 3 days — beginning October 12 and finishing on October 15 — even if the police had asked 14 days of remand for him in police custody.
Mishra was once despatched again to the Lakhimpur Prison underneath judicial custody after the expiry of his first remand duration.
