Second Chargesheet In Lakhimpur Case, Farmers Named For Killing Of BJP Men
NDTV
Several farmers have been accused of the murder of wo BJP workers and the driver of the car that ploughed into a crowd on October 3, killing four farmers and a journalist.
A second chargesheet has been filed in the Lakhimpur Kheri case where an SUV -- allegedly driven by the son of a Union Minister -- ploughed into a crowd of protesters last year. While the first chargesheet named Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, over four farmers and a journalist who got run over, the second one involves the violence that followed, in which two BJP workers and the driver of the SUV were beaten to death.
Seven farmers were arrested by the police during their investigations in this case, but it is not clear year if all of them have been charged with murder.
The second police case was filed after a complaint by one Sumit Jaiswal, a local BJP worker, against unnamed farmers, accusing them of instigating the violence.
In cellphone videos that were widely circulated, Sumit Jaiswal was seen running from one of the SUVs that hit the farmers. He was later arrested as a co-accused in the case naming Ashish Mishra, the son of Junior Home Minister Ajay Mishra.
