Prosecution opposes discharge plea by union minister’s son
LAKHIMPUR KHERI : The discharge application of Ashish Mishra ‘Monu’, son of union minister of state for home, Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’ and the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case of October 3, last year, was opposed by the prosecution in the district court on Tuesday.
Monu was separately brought to the district court for the hearing of the discharge application amid tight security. Twelve other co accused in the case, were brought to the court too.
District government counsel (DGC), criminal, Arvind Tripathi said apart from Monu,
objections to the discharge applications of three other co-accused Ullas alias Mohit Trivedi, Sumit Jaiswal and
Ashish Pandey were also filed on Tuesday.
Tripathi said five other co-accused Ankit Das, Shekhar
Bharti, Latif alias Kale, Nandan Singh Bisht and Satyam Tripathi too moved their discharge applications in the court to which the prosecution sought time from the court to file objections to the discharge applications.
Tripathi said accepting the request of the prosecution, district and sessions judge Mukesh Mishra fixed May 24 as the next date of hearing.
Twelve other co-accused, who too are in jail were brought to the court.
After the court proceedings, all of them were sent back to district jail.
On Oct 3, 2021 eight persons including four farmers and a journalist were killed in Tikunia area of Lakhimpur Kheri, triggering a political storm due to the alleged involvement of MoS home Ajay Kumar Mishra Teni’s son Ashish.
Two FIRs- numbers 219 and 220 respectively- were registered in connection with the violence.
After court monitored investigations of both FIRs, special investigation team (SIT) held Ashish Mishra Monu and 13 others as accused in FIR number 219 and filed their chargesheet in the court while in FIR number 220 dealing with killing of two BJP workers and a driver, the SIT charge sheeted four persons who are also in jail.
Both cases are under trial as of now in the court of district and sessions judge.