According to the letter, the Congress delegation will consist of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, AK Antony, Mallikarjun Kharge, KC Venugopal, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury besides Rahul Gandhi who will lead the delegation.
The local court will hear the matter on October 11 on whether the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Ajay Mishra Teni's son should be sent to police custody or not.
A policeman is also spotted in the video who is holding a microphone and asking the injured man about the incident. He tells cops that the vehicle belonged to Ankit Das.
On three people allegedly being lynched after five people, including four farmers, were mowed down by an SUV, Tikait said the act was committed by a crowd as a "reaction" to the incident.
After quizzing him for nearly 12 hours, the nine-member SIT headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police Agarwal, arrested Mishra.
The five demands put forth by the farmers' organisation include a special prayer meeting for the farmers killed in Lakhimpur Kheri, Rail Roko Andolan, Shaheed Kisan yatra, burning effigies of BJP leaders on Dussehra and a Kisan mahapanchayat.
Eight people were killed in the violence that broke out on October 3 after an SUV allegedly ran over a group of anti-farm law protesters who were demonstrating against the visit of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya at Tikonia-Banbirpur road in Lakhimpur Kheri. The dead included farmers, BJP workers and a journalist.
The Punjab Congress chief on Friday began the fast in Lakhimpur Kheri, declaring that he will continue it till Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son is not arrested.
The police team has prepared over two dozen questions for Ashish Mishra to answer in connection with the case.
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday arrested two men in connection with the October 3 violence in the Lakhimpur Kheri district.
Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has demanded the arrest of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra's son in connection with the death of farmers during violence in Uttar Pradesh, saying he would go on hunger strike if action is not taken against him by Friday.
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