On SC prod, minister’s son called by UP police
Hindustan TimesHours after the Supreme Court termed the Lakhimpur Kheri incident “very unfortunate” and gave the Uttar Pradesh government 24 hours to report back whether it has arrested all the accused booked for the violence that killed eight people, the UP Police arrested two people on Thursday. “If Ashish Mishra does not abide by the summons, legal procedure will be adopted,” said Lucknow inspector general Lakshmi Singh. The two arrested individuals were identified as Luvkush Rana and Ashish Pandey, both believed to be associates of Ashish Mishra, said additional director general, law and order, Prashant Kumar. Eight people have lost their lives.the allegation is that you are not investigating properly.” Parshad said that she needs some time to place on record the steps taken by the Uttar Pradesh government, which, she said, has also set up a judicial inquiry under a former judge of the Allahabad high court apart from registration of a first information report in the case.