Lakhimpur Kheri violence: BJP's Ajay Mishra's son Ashish mowed down farmers, opened fire at them, says FIR
FirstpostAccording to the FIR lodged on a complaint of Jagjit Singh, a native of Bahraich district, the episode was ‘premeditated’ for which the ‘conspiracy was hatched’ by the minister and his son Lakhimpur Kheri: Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra alias Monu was sitting in the car that mowed down protesting farmers and he also opened fire at them, according to an FIR lodged by the Uttar Pradesh Police. According to the first information report lodged on a complaint of Jagjit Singh, a native of Bahraich district, the episode was “premeditated” for which the “conspiracy was hatched” by the minister and his son. It also alleged that “provocative” statements of the Union minister of state for home had led to the farmers’ protest in Lakhimpur Kheri during which violence erupted and claimed the lives of eight people. The FIR stated that the farmers had gathered at the sports ground of the Maharaja Agrasen Inter-College on Sunday and they wanted to peacefully show black flags to Mishra and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, who was visiting Banbirpur.