Karnal: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) attacked the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government in “facilitating” the escape of Ashish Mishra and his accomplices from the scene of crime in Lakhimpur Kheri.
In a joint statement, farm leaders, including Balbir Singh Rajewal, Dr Darshan Pal, Gurnam Singh Charuni, Hannan Mollah, Jagjit Singh Dallewal, Joginder Singh Ugrahan, Shivkumar Sharma ‘Kakkaji’, Yudhvir Singh and Yogendra Yadav, said that even as the apex court’s CJI bench ordered for the details of arrests made so far in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, it was being reported that Ashish Mishra had gone missing, and that three teams of the UP police were trying to nab him.
It was reported that two persons had been arrested and three detained so far, but Ashish Mishra was not found. The fact that the police allowed the prime accused to go missing, and the fact that all of this was happening in the immediate family of Minister for Home Affairs was unbelievable and reflected the state of law and order in UP and the country, said SKM. It warned the UP and Union governments against protecting the culprits of the massacre and demands their arrest
quickly.
The SKM condemned the statement of the UP minister Baldev Singh Aulakh that Lakhimpur Kheri incident was an “accident” and demanded that he should withdraw
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