Four weapons, including a r*fle belonging to
Ashish Mishra alias Monu Mishra, had been
seized following the Lakhimpur violence
Lakhimpur: A forensic report has confirmed
that weapons recovered from Union minister
Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra and others
after the Lakhimpur violence had been fired.
Protesting farmers had alleged that Ashish
Mishra had opened fire.
Though the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL)
report confirmed that the weapons had been
discharged, it does not specify whether they
were fired on the day of the violence or some other day.
In a related development, Pawan Kashyap,
brother of Raman Kashyap, a journalist who
was among the victims of the Lakhimpur
violence, has moved court for the registration
of another FIR against 14 people, including the
minister and his son, in connection with the scribe's death.
Eight people died in the October 3 violence.
Four of them were farmers who were allegedly
knocked down by a vehicle carrying BJP
workers.
Infuriated farmers then allegedly lynched some
people in the vehicles.
The other dead included two BJP workers and
their driver.
Four weapons, including a r*fle belonging to
Ashish Mishra alias Monu Mishra, had been
seized following the Lakhimpur violence.
A pistol owned by Ankit Das, nephew of former
Union minister Akhilesh Das, and a repeater
gun, which was with Das' bodyguard Lateef
Kale, were also among them.