Lakhimpur Kheri: Congress delegation meet President; accused Ashish Mishra's bail plea rejected

Accused Ashish Mishra, son of MoS Ajay Mishra, bail plea rejected in the Lakhimpur Kheri case. 

Ankit Das, one of the accused in the Lakhimpur incident in which four farmers were mowed down by an SUV on October 3, has surrendered in court on Wednesday.

The police had been conducting raids to arrest Ankit Das who is the nephew of former MP, late Akhilesh Das.

A notice had been pasted at his residence residential address in Lucknow.

The BJP leadership believes that the Lakhimpur Kheri incident has no major impact on the party in Punjab assembly polls. It was believed that in Punjab the violent incidents will adversely affect the BJP in Punjab, where the party is already facing strong opposition from farmers since last one year.

BJP national general secretary and Punjab in-charge, Dushyant Gautam said, "There are only two per cent farmers misled by leftists and other political parties are trying to disturb the peaceful environment in the state. Lakhimpur Kheri incident has no impact either in Punjab or Uttarakhand."

Ankit Das, said to be a close friend of Tikonia violence accused Ashish Mishra, turned up before the special investigation team (SIT) at the crime branch office in Lakhimpur on Wednesday, police said. The investigators had summoned Das for questioning in connection with the October 3 violence which had left eight people, including four farmers, dead.

At around 11 am, Das along with a team of lawyers arrived at the reserved police lines in Lakhimpur and reached the crime branch office located there, police said.

Two sitting SC judges should probe Lakhimpur incident, those who committed murder should be punished: Rahul Gandhi to President Kovind

A delegation of the Indian National Congress leaders comprising Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Shri A.K. Antony, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Shri Rahul Gandhi and Smt Priyanka Gandhi Vadra called on President Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

President has given us the assurance that he will discuss the matter with the government today itself: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

We told the President that the accused's father who is MoS Home should be removed from the post as a fair probe is not possible in his presence. Likewise, we also demanded inquiry be done by two sitting judges of the Supreme Court: Rahul Gandhi

We gave all details to the President regarding the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. We have two demands - independent inquiry by sitting judges should be done and MoS Home (Ajay Mishra Teni) should either resign or should be dismissed. Justice will only then be possible: Mallikarjun Kharge

UP Law Minister Brajesh Pathak meets the families of BJP worker Shubham Mishra and car driver Hari Om who were killed in the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri 

Pictures show Congress delegation, led by Rahul Gandhi, arriving at Rashtrapati Bhavan to meet President Ram Nath Kovind over Lakhimpur Kheri violence

A delegation of Congress leaders, including former party president Rahul Gandhi today met President Ram Nath Kovind demanding the immediate dismissal of Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. The delegation of senior Congress leaders also presented a memorandum of facts about the Lakhimpur Kheri incident to the President.