Despite scathing comments against the police by the apex court for not arresting the accused persons in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the Kheri police on Friday preferred to serve another notice on Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra asking him to appear before them on Saturday morning.

Ashish did not turn up before the police on Friday and after two hours of wait by the police team, another notice was served on him.

Ajay Mishra claimed that his son failed to appear on Friday as he was not well. Interestingly, while senior officers on Thursday claimed to be searching for Ashish besides pasting a notice at his house, the Minister on Friday claimed that his son was not absconding and is present at home.

However, questions were raised that if the Minister is making true claims about his son, then why the police team preferred to return just by pasting a notice on Thursday.

Interestingly, on Friday, some officers even sought to suggest that Ashish slipped to Nepal and that his last mobile location on Thursday evening was traced to be in Gaurifanta (Indo-Nepal) border.

They said even the location of Ankit Das, nephew of former BSP MP Akhilesh Das, was traced at some place and it seems both together slipped to Nepal. Both Ashish and Ankit were allegedly present in the Thar and SUV respectively when the vehicles went crushing the farmers on last Sunday.

These inputs, however, have been contradicted by the Union Minister who claimed that his son was at home and would appear before the police to reply to their queries on Saturday morning. 

“My son was summoned yesterday, but due to health reasons, he could not report to the police. He will report tomorrow,” Mishra told reporters outside Lucknow airport on Friday.

The Kheri police has already arrested two accused in connection with Lakhimpur Kheri violence. The arrested persons have been identified as Luvkush and Ashish Pandey.