Lakhimpur Kheri: Union Minister's Son Named In FIR, Booked For Murder; Yet To Be Arrested
3 days after the Lakhimpur Kheri violence rocked the country, the prime accused has finally been booked and there seems to be some action been taken.
The Uttar Pradesh Police has lodged a first information report (FIR) in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident which claimed the lives of eight people, including four farmers. The FIR states that Union minister Ajay Misra's son Ashish Misra alias Monu was sitting in the car that mowed down protesting farmers.
Murder charges levelled
A copy of the FIR registered into the Lakhimpur violence has revealed that the murder charges have been levelled against Ashish Mishra and that he had?opened fire at the protesting farmers, as per India Today.
The FIR, lodged on a complaint of Jagjit Singh, a native of Bahraich district, claims that the incident was ¡°premeditated¡± for which the "conspiracy was hatched" by the Union minister and his son.The complaint also alleged that "provocative" statements of the Union minister had led to the farmers' protest.
Protest over minister's "provocative" statements
"The farmers had gathered to lodge their protest after a video went viral in which the Union minister made comments during a public meeting and threatened to chase out the farmers from the state, prior to the (October 3) incident," the FIR stated.??
On Sunday, the farmers had gathered at the sports ground of the Maharaja Agrasen Inter-College to peacefully protest against the Centre¡¯s three farm laws. They had planned to show black flags to the Union minister Ajay Misra and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, who were there to attend an event.
"Around 3 pm, Ashish Misra along with 15-20 armed men in three speeding four-wheelers reached the protest spot in Banbirpur. Monu Misra opened gunfire while he was seated on the left side of his Mahindra Thar, which mowed down the crowd and sped ahead," stated the FIR.
"Speeding vehicles cruelly crushed the farmers"?
"Because of the firing, farmer Gurvinder Singh, son of Sukhwinder, resident of Matronia in Nanpara, died. The numbers of the speeding vehicles which cruelly crushed the farmers standing on both sides of the roads are UP 31 AS 1000 and UP 32 KM 0036, while the third vehicle (whose number is not confirmed) was a Mahindra Scorpio," it added.?
The report further stated, "Ashish Misra's speeding vehicle overturned on the side of the road, leading to injuries to several other people. Ashish Misra escaped from the car, opened fire and hid in a sugarcane field."?
The FIR mentioned Ashish Misra and others as accused and charged them with murder, criminal conspiracy, rash driving, rioting, among others. However, Union minster Ajay Misra is not named in the FIR.
Meanwhile, Ajay Misra has refuted the allegations of his son's involvement in the incident that claimed the lives of four farmers.The deceased farmers have been identified as Gurvinder Singh (22), Daljit Singh (35), Nakshatra Singh and Lovepreet Singh.
"A display of hooliganism"??
The FIR claimed, "The minister's son committed the act in a display of hooliganism. The central government also did not take any action against the Union minister in the wake of the viral video and today (October 3), his son carried out the gruesome act."
The complainant demanded the arrest of the Union minister and his son.The FIR has been lodged under Indian Penal Code sections 147, 148, 149 (all three related to rioting), 279 (rash driving), 338 (causes grievous hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life), 304A (causing death by negligence), 302 (murder), 120B (party to a criminal conspiracy).
