October 11
Court sends Ashish Mishra to Police Custody
Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni, was sent to police custody for three days on Monday.
He was arrested on Saturday after being questioned for over 12 hours in Crime Branch Office. Police said, he was not cooperating during questioning.
The Special Investigation Team, set up by government to probe the incident, had sought 14 days police remand of Ashish Mishra from the Court in order to carry out further investigations and recreate the crime scene.
Mishra’s counsel Avadesh Singh said, “Police had already interrogated him for 12 hours. How much do they need to interrogate? They have not given any reason why they need remand.”
Finally, Court sent him to police custody for three days.
Ashish Mishra has been named in an FIR filed by the farmers who said he drove into a gathering of slogan-shouting demonstrators amid a peaceful black flag protest last Sunday.
Eight people, including four farmers and four from the convoy, died in the incident and the violence that it triggered.
