On Tuesday night, a senior police officer associated with the Lakhimpur Kheri investigation stated that a forensic examination of a rifle belonging to Ashish Mishra, the son of Federal Minister Ajay Mishra, confirmed that the weapon had been discharged from the hospital. However, the police said it was not clear when the rifle was fired-on October 3, when the incident occurred, or on another day.

Ashish Mishra alias Monu was one of the 13 defendants who killed four farmers and a journalist in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh that day. All victims were run over and killed by a convoy of three vehicles, including a Mahindra Thar SUV owned by Federal Minister Ajay Mishra.

The villagers claimed to fired during the incident. However, an autopsy confirmed that none of the five men — or the other three killed in the violence that followed that day — had suffered gunshot wounds. The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) inspected four weapons belonging to the imprisoned defendant, which were seized by the Uttar Pradesh Police Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is investigating the incident. Three of the weapons-Ashish’s rifle; a pistol belonging to Ankit Das, the nephew of former Federal Minister Akhilesh Das; and the relay gun carried by Das’ bodyguard, Latif, were found to have been discharged from the hospital.

According to police sources, the forensic inspection report for the fourth weapon is still awaiting, and Das’ colleague Satya Prakash owns a revolver. “Ashish’s rifle was handed over to SIT by his family. All four seized weapons were sent to FSL for ballistic inspection. We have now received reports stating that the bullets were fired from three weapons belonging to Ashish, Ankit and Lateef Yes. We will submit the report to the court as evidence,” the senior police officer said.

The official added that although the FSL report did not specify when the bullet was fired, the defendants must now show evidence that they did not fire the weapon on October 3. Was fired. However, the report reinforces the farmers’ allegations that there was a fire at the scene of the incident, the police said.

In the flight information region, the complainant Jagjit Singh claimed that Ashish Mishra arrived at the scene in a convoy of three four-wheelers. In Tikonia, a high-speed vehicle ran into a group of farmers who had returned from protest. Allegedly, Ashshi, who was sitting on the left side of the Thar River, opened fire when the vehicle ran over the victim.

Ashish was arrested on October 10, and he denied these allegations. He claimed that at the time of the incident, he was participating in a wrestling match in Banville Poole, an ancestral village about 2 kilometers away. Ashish and his accomplices were detained in Lakhimpur Kheri District Prison.

News Source : The Indian Express