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Union Minister's son arrested for Lakhimpur Kheri violence, to face court

Ashish Mishra appeared before the police's special investigation team and was questioned for 11 hours.

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Ashish Mishra arrives at the police’s Crime Branch office in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 9, 2021. Mishra is under arrest for the violence in Lakhimpur during farmer protests on October 3. (PTI photo/ video grab)

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Ashish Mishra 'Monu', son of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra 'Teni', was arrested on Saturday night after over 11 hours of questioning in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence which left eight people, including four farmers, dead.

Ashish Mishra has been arrested and will be produced in court, SIT chief Upendra Agarwal said.

Ashish Mishra appeared before the special investigation team (SIT) in the crime branch office of the police line at around 10.30 AM where he was questioned regarding the FIR registered against him and others under murder charges in Sunday killings.

After quizzing him for

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