NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh police to inquire into allegations that attempts were made to influence a witness by Ashish Mishra , son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra and accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident of October 2021 that claimed eight lives.
The UP police in its status report informed a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi that after repeated attempts the witness, whom Mishra had allegedly attempted to influence, was traced to Muktsar village in Punjab and a deputy superintendent of police recorded his statement.
The bench asked the police to depute the same DSP or another officer of the same rank to complete investigation into the allegations. The witness had claimed to have seen an SUV allegedly mowing down four of the farmers protesting against the visit of UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Murya in Oct 2021. The angry mob of farmers lynched the driver of the vehicle and two BJP workers. A journalist too was killed in the violence.
On the request of Mishra's counsel, the bench permitted him to leave Lucknow, where he has been ordered to stay during the trial in the case, to visit his home at Lakhimpur Kheri to celebrate Diwali with family. He was asked to return to Lucknow by October 22 but was barred from meeting others during that period.
The UP police in its status report informed a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi that after repeated attempts the witness, whom Mishra had allegedly attempted to influence, was traced to Muktsar village in Punjab and a deputy superintendent of police recorded his statement.
The bench asked the police to depute the same DSP or another officer of the same rank to complete investigation into the allegations. The witness had claimed to have seen an SUV allegedly mowing down four of the farmers protesting against the visit of UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Murya in Oct 2021. The angry mob of farmers lynched the driver of the vehicle and two BJP workers. A journalist too was killed in the violence.
On the request of Mishra's counsel, the bench permitted him to leave Lucknow, where he has been ordered to stay during the trial in the case, to visit his home at Lakhimpur Kheri to celebrate Diwali with family. He was asked to return to Lucknow by October 22 but was barred from meeting others during that period.
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