Lakhimpur Kheri incident was conspiracy, says SIT
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh): The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the October 3 Lakhimpur Kheri violence, has filed an application before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) to include new Sections against the 13 accused to make their offence punishable under attempt to murder charges.
The SIT has found out that it was not an unintentional killing, but a conspiracy and now all the 13 accused arrested in the Lakhimpur Kheri case will face charges of murder.
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Notably, eight persons, including four protesting farmers, were allegedly mowed down by an SUV belonging to Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni's son Ashish Mishra on October 3.[/caption]
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Vidhyaram Diwakar, SIT investigating officer, filed the application last week in the CJM's court for adding new sections in the warrant, replacing Sections 279, 338 and 304A of the IPC. In his application, the investigating officer pointed out that the incident was well-planned and a deliberate act, and not of negligence or callousness.
The investigating officer has requested to add Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 326 (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code after replacing sections 279 (Rash driving or riding on a public way), 338 (Whoever causes grievous hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently) and 304A (Causing death by negligence) of the IPC.
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Notably, eight persons, including four protesting farmers, were allegedly mowed down by an SUV belonging to Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni's son Ashish Mishra on October 3. A local journalist was also killed in the violence.
Those arrested by the SIT so far are Ashish Mishra, Luvkush, Ashish Pandey, Shekhar Bharti, Ankit Das, Latif, Sishupal, Nandan Singh, Satyam Tripathi, Sumit Jaiswal, Dharmendra Banjara, Rinku Rana and Ullas Trivedi. All accused are currently lodged at the Lakhimpur Kheri district jail.
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Ashish Mishra is among the accused arrested in the case so far.[/caption]
Meanwhile, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has given two weeks' time to the Uttar Pradesh Government to file a counter-affidavit on Ashish Mishra's bail application.
-PTC News
