While hearing the case in connection with Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district, the Supreme Court on Thursday, asked the UP government “Who are the accused and have they been arrested?”
A bench led by Chief Justice NV Ramana and comprising Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli said, “We want to know who are the accused, whether arrested or not.” They further told UP’s Additional Advocate General Garima Parshad that the grievance is that “you are not properly investigating the matter”.
On October 3, violence erupted at farmer’s protests in Lakhimpur Kheriwhich led to the death of eight people. The matter on this case will be heard again on Friday.
Hours before the hearing, the UP government announced a single-member commission of enquiry to investigate the death of eight persons in protest.
Even after the UP Police filed a First Information Report (FIR) against the minister of Home for state, Ajay Mishra’s son, both father and son have said that he was not present at the spot and did not drive the car. Earlier on Wednesday, the minister also met Home Minister Amit Shah.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led five-member party delegation and party secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who had been detained in Sitapur since Monday, met the family of deceased farmer Lovepreet Singh on Wednesday.
A new version of an earlier video clip has gone viral on social media that showed an SUV purportedly ramming into protesting farmers from behind in the district.
The farmers union Samyukt Kisan Morcha reiterated its demand for the arrest of the minister’s son Ashish Mishra, and the sacking of Ajay Mishra and Manohar Lal Khattar, chief minister of Haryana
