Lakhimpur farmers murder: 8 people, including 4 farmers, died during a protest on October 3 (File)
New Delhi:
For the third time in recent weeks, the Supreme Court expresses dissatisfaction over its handling of farmers’ cases Lakhimpur Kheri Last month, Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son allegedly Ashish Mishra. Chief Justice of India NV Ramana today slammed the Uttar Pradesh government over the poor progress in the investigation, saying, “It is not going the way we expected.”
The Chief Justice said, “There is nothing in the status report except to say that some more witnesses were examined. We have given 10 days’ time. The lab report has also not come. It is not as per our expectation.”
In a previous hearing, the Supreme Court had questioned why there were “only 23 eyewitnesses” to the violence on October 3, and ordered UP to collect more witnesses and provide them security.
NS Supreme court He had also directed the UP government to record the statements of more witnesses, repeatedly asking why there were so few when thousands of people were present at the spot.
Harish Salve, representing the Uttar Pradesh government, said that of the 68 witnesses in the case, statements of 30 were recorded and 23 were eyewitnesses.
Chief Justice Ramana asked: “A huge rally of farmers and only 23 eyewitnesses?” Justice Suryakant told that there must have been about 4-5 thousand people.
Ashish Mishra is accused of driving away four farmers during a protest on October 3. In several videos, an SUV is seen hitting a group of farmers from behind.
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