Court frames costs in opposition to Ashish Mishra in homicide of Lakhimpur Kheri farmers

By IANS

LAKHIMPUR KHERI: Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, will now be tried for the homicide of 4 farmers and a journalist throughout a protest in Lakhimpur Kheri final yr in opposition to the now-repealed farm legal guidelines.

A court docket in Lakhimpur Kheri framed costs in opposition to him and the opposite accused on Tuesday and introduced that the trial will start on December 16. This comes a day after the court docket rejected Mishra’s discharge petition.

The police cost sheet has accused Mishra of homicide.

It is alleged that he was in an SUV that ran over 4 farmers and a journalist throughout a protest march in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3 final yr.

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Shocking visuals of the incident had proven the automotive ramming into the protesting farmers at excessive pace. Angry farmers had managed to chase down the SUV and allegedly lynched the motive force and two BJP employees.

The incident sparked a wave of shock in opposition to the ruling BJP and the federal government was accused of defending Ajay Mishra, the Union minister of state for house.

A speech by the Union minister earlier than the incident, during which he allegedly threatened to ‘repair farmers in two minutes’ if they didn’t cease the agitation, began doing the rounds within the aftermath of the killings, with many calling for his resignation.

Ashish Mishra was arrested days after the farmers’ deaths, following an intervention by the Supreme Court.

The Allahabad High Court granted him bail in February, elevating questions on the police investigation.

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On April 18 this yr, the Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted to Ashish Mishra and requested him to give up inside every week.

The court docket noticed that the victims had been denied ‘a good and efficient listening to’ within the Allahabad High Court, and added that the excessive court docket took a ‘myopic view of the proof’.

In the discharge plea filed earlier than the Lakhimpur Kheri court docket, Ashish Mishra and the opposite accused had contended that they’d been wrongly charged. The court docket rejected the pleas of all of the accused.

LAKHIMPUR KHERI: Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, will now be tried for the homicide of 4 farmers and a journalist throughout a protest in Lakhimpur Kheri final yr in opposition to the now-repealed farm legal guidelines.

A court docket in Lakhimpur Kheri framed costs in opposition to him and the opposite accused on Tuesday and introduced that the trial will start on December 16. This comes a day after the court docket rejected Mishra’s discharge petition.

The police cost sheet has accused Mishra of homicide.

It is alleged that he was in an SUV that ran over 4 farmers and a journalist throughout a protest march in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3 final yr.

ALSO READ | Nothing could be extra insulting: Congress on minister’s continuation on 1st anniversary of Lakhimpur Kheri violence

Shocking visuals of the incident had proven the automotive ramming into the protesting farmers at excessive pace. Angry farmers had managed to chase down the SUV and allegedly lynched the motive force and two BJP employees.

The incident sparked a wave of shock in opposition to the ruling BJP and the federal government was accused of defending Ajay Mishra, the Union minister of state for house.

A speech by the Union minister earlier than the incident, during which he allegedly threatened to ‘repair farmers in two minutes’ if they didn’t cease the agitation, began doing the rounds within the aftermath of the killings, with many calling for his resignation.

Ashish Mishra was arrested days after the farmers’ deaths, following an intervention by the Supreme Court.

The Allahabad High Court granted him bail in February, elevating questions on the police investigation.

ALSO READ | How lengthy will PM proceed to save lots of tainted ministers: Priyanka on Ajay Mishra’s remarks on farm chief

On April 18 this yr, the Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted to Ashish Mishra and requested him to give up inside every week.

The court docket noticed that the victims had been denied ‘a good and efficient listening to’ within the Allahabad High Court, and added that the excessive court docket took a ‘myopic view of the proof’.

In the discharge plea filed earlier than the Lakhimpur Kheri court docket, Ashish Mishra and the opposite accused had contended that they’d been wrongly charged. The court docket rejected the pleas of all of the accused.