Accused not arrested as they're associated with BJP: Akhilesh on Lakhimpur Kheri incident

SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav said that the accused had not been arrested despite there being proof against them.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra's son has not yet been arrested in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, even though all evidence pointed to his role in the incident."As fingers have been raised towards the minister of state [Ajay Misra] in the BJP government, the accused in the Lakhimpur case have not been sent to jail yet," he said. Akhilesh Yadav was speaking to reporters at his residence in Lucknow before heading to Lakhimpur to meet the aggrieved families.

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