If 'The Kashmir Files' can be made, why can’t 'Lakhimpur Files', asks Akhilesh
India | March 17, 2022 9:54 ISTHis comment came in response to a question on the recently released film 'The Kashmir Files'.
His comment came in response to a question on the recently released film 'The Kashmir Files'.
The top court also issued a notice to the UP Government, asking them to file a reply on the plea seeking cancellation of bail of Lakhimpur Kheri violence accused Ashish Mishra. The matter will now be heard on March 24.
Three family members of farmers who were killed in the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri last year have sought a stay on the February 10 bail order of the HC to Ashish Mishra.
A bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana was told by lawyer Prashant Bhushan that the plea, which was to be listed Friday, has not been in the list of business, and meanwhile, there was an attack on one of the prime witnesses of the case on Thursday night.
A bench headed by CJI NV Ramana took note of the submissions of lawyer Prashant Bhushan that the other accused in the case are moving courts for grant of bail citing relief granted to Ashish Mishra.
The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, who was arrested in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence that killed eight people including four farmers on October 3 last year.
Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister of state for Home minister Ajay Mishra on Tuesday is set to walk out of the jail, where he is currently lodged in connection with the death of four farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri. In its revised order, the Allahabad High Court on Monday granted bail to Ashish Mishra in connection with the October 2021 incident.
Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3 in violence that erupted during a farmers' protest.
The charge sheet filed by Lakhimpur Police in the court says that Mishra has been charged with offences under IPC section 147, 148, 149, 302, 307, 326, 34, 427 and 120 B, as well as section 3/25, 5/27 and 39 of the Arms Act.
The Congress leader alleged the police was nowhere to be seen at the time of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. However, they were present to prevent the Congress members who tried to visit the families, she added.
Since October, Ashish Mishra had been lodged in jail, while a local court in Lakhimpur Kheri refused to grant him bail.
Ashish Mishra was named as a prime accused by the SIT in its chargesheet in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.
Jagdeep Singh, son of farmer Nachhatar Singh, who was killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, said he wants to contest against Ajay Misra Teni in the 2024 general election.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Saturday had alleged that there is no forward movement on the MSP issue.
Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: The SIT filed the charge sheet almost three months after the incident that took place in Tikunia village of Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh.
The SIT had earlier arrested Vichitra Singh, Gurwinder Singh, Avtaar Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Kamaljeet Singh and Kawaljeet Singh after they were identified as suspects.
The five accused arrested were all BPO workers, said the police. They all hailed from Delhi and Noida.
The incident took place during a protest march taken out by opposition MPs in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, in which they marched from Gandhi statue in Parliament to Vijay Chowk, demanding suspension of MoS Home Ajay Mishra Teni over Lakhimpur Kheri issue.
There has been a stalemate in the Upper House over the issue of suspension of 12 MPs and the functioning of the House has been affected due to the protests by the opposition members seeking revocation of their suspension.
The Congress had moved an adjournment notice on the matter and Congress legislature party leader Aradhana Mishra Mona said that the matter was serious because the SIT set up by the government had found that the killing of farmers was 'well planned'.
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