Lakhimpur Kheri violence: “He was firing and mowed down the crowd” reads the FIR against Union minister’s son
The First Information Report dated October 4 highlights that the accused Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra ‘Teni’, was seated on left in his four wheeler Thar. So far, four farmer deaths have been confirmed, reads the FIR, a copy of which is with Gaon Connection.
Four farmers have died in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on October 3. Photo: Gaon Connection
Ashish Mishra aka Monu bhaiya, the son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra ‘Teni’, has been booked for murder and criminal conspiracy in the recent Lakhimpur Kheri violence in Uttar Pradesh where eight people including four farmers, two BJP workers, a driver and a local journalist Raman Kashyap, were killed in the violence.
The FIR [First Information Report] dated October 4 highlights that the accused Ashish Mishra was seated on left in his four wheeler Thar. “He was firing and mowed down the crowd,” reads the FIR, a copy of which is in possession of Gaon Connection.
Farmer Gurvinder Singh (22 years old) died on the spot because of firing, reads the FIR dated October 4. It goes on to say: Ashish Mishra hid behind sugarcane [fields] while firing. So far, four farmer deaths have been confirmed. These include Gurvinder Singh (22), Daljeet Singh (35), Nakshatra Singh and Lavpreet Singh.
The complainant Jagjeet Singh, who filed the FIR, demanded arrest of the accused.
Along with Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra, 15-20 ‘unknown’ persons have also been booked under eight sections of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).
The FIR was filed under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302 for murder, 304-A for causing death due to reckless driving, 120-B for criminal conspiracy and 147 for rioting at the Tikunia police station.
On October 3, Uttar Pradesh’s Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Maurya was visiting the Union minister’s village in Tikunia, Lakhimpur Kheri, when local farmers and the supporters of the political leaders clashed leading to eight deaths.
Reportedly, the driver of the car carrying Union Minister Mishra’s son mowed down a group of farmers in Tikunia. However, the minister has denied the presence of his son at the incident. “My son was not present at the place of Lakhimpur Kheri incident; have video evidence,” he was quoted as saying.
The minister also said that stones were pelted on BJP workers’ car which overturned and two persons came under it and died. The minister claimed that BJP workers were lynched after this.