The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, which claimed eight lives, has filed a charge sheet against 14 accused, including Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra. The charge sheet was filed in the court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Chinta Ram on Monday.
In FIR number 219/2021 lodged with Tikunia Police Station, the SIT had identified and arrested 13 accused, including Ashish Mishra 'Monu', Ankit Das, Nandan Singh Bisht, Satyam Tripathi alias Satyam, Latif alias Kale, Shekhar Bharti, Sumit Jaiswal, Ashish Pandey, Lavkush Rana, Shishu Pal, Ullas Kumar alias Mohit Trivedi, Rinku Rana and Dharmendra Banjara. On Monday, senior prosecution officer SP Yadav said another accused Virendra Shukla's name has been added in the charge sheet under IPC Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence).
Violence had erupted in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3 last year when farmers were protesting the visit of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to Mishra's native place. Four agitating farmers were run over by a vehicle while four others, including two BJP workers, were also killed in the violence that ensued. Ajay Mishra is MP from Kheri Lok Sabha seat
