Union minister’ son bail in UP farmer killing case challenged in SC

India

oi-Deepika S

Lucknow,
Feb
21:
The
households
of
the
farmers
killed
in
Uttar
Pradesh’s
Lakhimpur
Kheri
on
Monday
moved
Supreme
Courtroom
difficult
the
bail
to
Ashish
Mishra,
the
son
of
Union
minister
Ajay
Mishra
and
the
major
accused
in
the
case.

On
Feb
15,
Mishra
was
launched
from
jail
right here
on
Tuesday
night
after
fulfilling
bail
situations
pronounced
by
the
Allahabad
Excessive
Courtroom.

Ashish
Mishra
had
been
lodged
in
the
jail
since
October
10
final
yr
in
the
case
associated
to
the
killing
of
4
farmers
in
the
violence
that
had
erupted
in
the
course
of
farmers’ agitation
in
Tikonia
in
the
district.

The
Particular
Investigation
Workforce
(SIT)
had
named
Ashish
Mishra
as
the
major
accused
in
the
knocking
down
of
the
farmers
incident
in
its
cost
sheet
submitted
to
the
courtroom.

Farmers
had been
staging
protest
in
Tikonia
viage
on
October
3
final
yr
towards
the
go to
of
deputy
chief
minister
Keshav
Prasad
Maurya
to
Ajay
Mishra’s
native
Banbir
village
when
4
of
the
agitating
farmers
had been
crushed
beneath
the
wheels
of
a
convoy
of
vehicles.
In
the
subsequent
violence,
4
others
comprising
two
BJP
staff,
driver
and
a
journalist
had been
killed.

Voting
will
take
place
in
eight
meeting
segments
in
Lakhimpur
Kheri
in
the
fourth
section
on
February
23.

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