The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 9, 2025) was informed that an FIR had been registered against former Union Minister and BJP leader Ajay Mishra, his son Ashish Mishra, and two others for allegedly threatening a key witness in the Lakhimpur Kheri killings case . The October 3, 2021, incident claimed eight lives, including those of four farmers who were mowed down during a protest against the now-scrapped farm laws.

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A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Baghchi was apprised by the Uttar Pradesh (UP) police that the allegation made by the witness was found to have “some substance.” Consequently, an FIR was registered under Sections 195A (threatening any person to give false evidence), 506 (criminal int

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