Lakhimpur Kheri killings: Sack MoS Ajay Mishra, demands Samyukt Kisan Morcha

Chandigarh, December 15

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has demanded that Union State Minister for Home Ajay Mishra be immediately arrested and sacked as the report submitted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Kheri, has clearly stated that the Lakhimpur Kheri incident was planned and premeditated.

The conspiracy of this inhuman and dastardly act, in which four farmers and one journalist were murdered, was hatched by Mishra and was perpetrated by his son Ashish and his companions, it said.

Prem Singh Bhangu, Raminder Singh Patiala and Dharminder Malik, all members of legal panel of the SKM, said in a joint statement that the addition of Sections 307 and 326, IPC, in the FIR and deletion of Sections 279 and 304A (which pertain to accident) by the CJM, had clearly vindicated their stand. They further said the FIR registered against the farmers must be immediately cancelled and the arrested farmers be released as the finding of the SIT and the order of CJM now made it clear that Ashish and others were aggressors whose vehicles mowed down the peaceful protesters.

They said if Ajay Mishra was not arrested and dismissed, the SKM in its January 15 meeting would decide the future course of action. Meanwhile, the Bhartiya Kisan Union Ekta Ugrahan, Bathinda unit, today organised a ‘victory rally’ at the toll plazas at Lehra Bega and Jeeda. A large number of farmers and labourers participated in it. — TNS

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