Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Minister's son yet to appear before police

Union Minister of State for Home Kumar Ajay Mishras son Ashish Mishra who was asked to appear before the police at 10 am on Friday in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence did not reach the police lines till 1130 am sources saidDeputy Inspector General Headquarters Upendra Agarwal who is heading the probe team is present in the police lines for questioning him they saidAshish Mishra has not turned up till now an official source said around 1130 amIn a statement issued here the Samyukt Kisan Morcha said there is no trace of him Ashish Mishra News reports indicate that he is changing locations and is absconding with several UP Police teams searching for himThe morcha expressed its serious concern and shock as Mishra was not arrestedAs investigators waited for Mishra reports emerged that he might have fled to NepalAsked about it Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said If this is true the Centre should intervene and get the accused arrested from NepalAlso ReadLakhimpur Kheri 2 arrested after questioning Ashish Mishra summoned by policeAfter two men were arrested on Thursday the police pasted a notice outside his house asking him to appear before it in connection with the violence that claimed eight livesFour of the eight people who died on Sunday were farmers allegedly knocked down by a vehicle carrying BJP workers Angry farmers then allegedly lynched some people in the vehiclesThe other dead included two BJP workers and their driverFarmers claimed that Ashish Mishra was in one of the vehicles an allegation denied by him and his father who say they can produce evidence to prove he was at an event at that timeA ninemember team headed by DIG Upendra Agarwal has been formed to investigate the FIR lodged against the ministers son and othersThe arrested men were identified as Luvkush of Banbirpur village and Ashish Pandey of Nighasan tehsil two of the seven people mentioned in an FIR lodged by policeIn its statement the morcha alleged that Sumit Jaiswal Ankit Das and some other persons were also involved in the violence but they are not being arrested by the policeThere is only information on a notice issued to Ashish Mishra summoning him for questioning The UP government and Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra are adopting protective tactics to ensure that Ashish Mishra roams free it saidIt alleged that Sumit Jaiswal was in the Thar vehicle that mowed down the farmers and was clearly seen escaping from the vehicleSimilarly a video clip where a police official was seen questioning a person caught during the incident showed that Ankit Das was in the Fortuner vehicle that was also involved in the violence the morcha saidThe morcha demanded immediate arrest of Ashish Sumit and AnkitThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever