On Nov 15, SC had said it will also consider the names of some retired apex court judge or high court judge to monitor day-to-day investigation in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident.
A bench comprising Chief Justice NV Ramana and justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli would hear the matter in which the apex court had on October 26 directed the Uttar Pradesh government to provide protection to witnesses under the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018.
Divers are present on the spot to search for those who have gone missing in the incident.
Two BJP workers and a driver of the minister were allegedly lynched after the mowing down of the farmers. A journalist was also killed in the violence.
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday pasted a notice outside the residence of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra in Lakhimpur Kheri, asking his son Ashish Mishra to appear before it on October 8 in connection with the violence during farmers protest.
Mayawati said a delegation of BSP led by party general secy and RS MP SC Mishra will be meeting the families of farmers killed in Oct 3 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri.
A Chief Justice-led Supreme Court bench will hear the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case on Thursday. The court has taken a suo moto cognizance of the matter. The hearing will take place at 11 am.
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other leaders met the family of deceased farmer Lovepreet at the Chaukhada farm in Palia at around 9 pm on Wednesday.
Opposition leaders are trying to visit Lakhimpur Kheri but have been either denied permission or detained on the way since section 144 has been imposed.
Ahead of the visit, the Congress in a letter to UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath sought permission for Rahul Gandhi-led delegation to visit Lakhimpur Kheri saying political leaders from UP and West Bengal were allowed and Congress should be permitted in the same spirit.
Sumit Jaiswal, a member of the Shivpuri ward in the Nagar Palika Parishad Lakhimpur and who was seen running out of a car in a viral video, spoke to India TV about the Sunday violence in which 8 people died including 4 farmers.
The Lucknow police imposed restrictions under Section 144 of CrPC till November 8 to maintain law & order and ensure adherence to COVID rules in view of upcoming festivals, various entrance exams and farmers' protests.
Four of the dead were farmers, allegedly knocked down by vehicles driven by BJP workers travelling to welcome Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. The others were BJP workers and their driver, allegedly pulled out of the vehicles and then lynched by the protesters.
Speaking to India TV in an exclusive conversation, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra raised some key issues regarding the Yogi government's conduct in Lakhimpur Kheri and UP police's action against her while she was on her way to visit the violence-hit district.
In an exclusive interaction with India TV from a PAC guest house in Sitapur, where she has been kept, Priyanka Gandhi said she was pushed, shoved and detained by the police without any warrant.
In a video released by Congress, Priyanka Gandhi was seen sweeping the floor of a room where she was apparently kept by the police.
As many as eight people died in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident on Sunday, said Uttar Pradesh police.
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