Lucknow: Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni and also the prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence of October 3, 2021, is behind bars yet again.
Mishra surrendered in the court of the chief judicial magistrate on Sunday in compliance of a Supreme Court directive.
The apex court had cancelled his bail last week giving him seven days to surrender.
After spending 128 days in jail, Ashish was granted bail by Allahabad High Court on February 15 this year. The SUV in which Ashish was seated had allegedly crushed four farmers who were agitating peacefully against farm laws at Lakhimpur Kheri. He was arrested by the police on October 9 last year and was in jail for more than three months.
Last week, the apex court, while hearing the petitions filed by farmers challenging the accused's bail, ruled against Ashish.
The three-judge bench noted that the victims of the violence were denied the right of hearing in the Allahabad High Court which had granted bail to Mishra. It also asked the high court to reconsider the bail granted to Ashish.
