Navjot Sidhu Ends Fast After Minister's Son Appears In Farmers Killings Probe
NDTV
The Congress leader began his 'indefinite fast' Friday to demand the arrest of Ashish Mishra; sources said Sidhu was observing a 'maun vrat' (silent fast).
Navjot Sidhu ended his short-lived hunger strike Saturday morning, shortly after Ashish Mishra - Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son - appeared for questioning at the Lakhimpur Kheri Crime Branch office in connection with the violence that killed eight people, including four farmers this week.
The Congress leader began his 'indefinite fast' Friday to demand the arrest of Ashish Mishra. Sources said Sidhu, who also met with the families of those killed, was observing a 'maun vrat' (silent fast).
"What happened (was) a barbaric crime. India is asking for justice... There is evidence, video evidence... There is the name in the FIR... witness account is there. But the arrest is not being made because he (Ashish Mishra) is a union minister's son," Sidhu said yesterday.
Ashish Mishra is a murder accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence and deaths, and was named as such in a UP Police FIR. However, nearly a week after the incident, he remains a free man.
