Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Forensic report nails Ashish Misra?

A forensic report has confirmed that weapons recovered from Union minister Ajay Misra's son Ashish Misra and others after the Lakhimpur violence had been fired.

Protesting farmers had alleged that Ashish Misra had opened fire. Though the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report confirmed that the weapons had been discharged, it does not specify whether they were fired on the day of the violence or some other day.

Four weapons, including a rifle belonging to Ashish Misra alias Monu Misra, had been seized following the Lakhimpur violence. A pistol owned by Ankit Das, nephew of former Union minister Akhilesh Das, and a repeater gun, which was with Das' bodyguard Lateef Kale, were also among them.

A forensic report of the fourth weapon, a revolver owned by Das' aide Satya Prakash, is awaited.