2 more held in killing of BJP workers, journalist in Lakhimpur Kheri
As many as 13 people have so far been held in connection to the first FIR registered in the case where a total of eight people, including four farmers, were killed after an SUV ran over them in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3.
Two more people have been arrested in connection with the second First Information Report (FIR) lodged in the ongoing Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, Uttar Pradesh Police additional director general (law and order) Prashant Kumar said on Tuesday. These are the first arrests made in relation to the second FIR of the case.
Identified as Gurwinder Singh and Vichitra Singh, the fresh arrests have been made pertaining to the killing of four people during the incident earlier this month, including two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, a driver and a local journalist, Kumar added.
As many as 13 people have so far been held in connection to the first FIR registered in the case where a total of eight people, including four farmers, were killed after an SUV belonging to Union minister of state for home Ajay Mishra Teni mowed them down. Teni’s son, Ashish Mishra, is the primary accused in the case. On Sunday, news agency ANI reported, citing a senior jail official, that Ashish is suffering from dengue and has been moved to a government hospital.
