New Delhi:
In a development that could make things tougher for Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni’s son Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the ex-judge monitoring the probe has recommended that the Uttar Pradesh government should approach the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of his bail.
The Supreme Court has now sought the UP government’s response to a report submitted by former High Court judge Rakesh Kumar Jain by April 4. A Chief Justice of India (CJI)-led bench of the Supreme Court was today hearing a plea filed by families of the victims against Ashish Mishra’s bail which was granted by the Allahabad High Court on February 10. The accused had allegedly run over protesting farmers in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri last year.
A bench of CJI NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli is hearing the matter.
On February 10, the Allahabad High Court had granted bail to the main accused Ashish Mishra but the families of the victims filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the bail.
