The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Uttar Pradesh Police has finally released the pictures of the men who allegedly lynched three BJP workers during farmers protest on October 3.
The incident took place in Lakhimpur Kheri wherein three BJP workers and a journalist were beaten to death with blunt instruments and the faces of the suspected persons are visible in the photographs and videos of the incident in the possession of SIT.
Violence erupted after protesters accused that a convoy of vehicles including one owned by Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra ran over the protesters killing four farmers on the spot.
subsequently the protesters lynched BJP workers and the murdered BJP workers were identified as Shubham Mishra, Shyam Sunder Nishad, and Hari Om Mishra and the name of the deceased journalist was Raman Kashyap.
The police is currently investigating if the attack on BJP workers was planned or ‘retaliatory’ and the poll bound Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh had formed the SIT following the incident.
SIT has asked people to identify suspects in the photographs and released four mobile numbers on which the general public can give information to SIT about them and have promised that the name of informers will not be disclosed, and there will be cash prizes on useful information without mentioning the amount as cash prize.
However, some human rights activists and Congress-left supporters have criticised the SIT for releasing the photos of the alleged attackers and have said, “sharing pictures of farmers without identifying their names or without evidence of their role in the violence may put them in peril.
But Additional Director General (Lucknow zone) SN Sabat said that the display of the picture was part of the legal process that doesn’t violate human rights.
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