Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 12:34 PM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC questions Uttar Pradesh govt's actions

Lakhimpur violence: Minister's son skips police summons, issued fresh notice

Supreme Court
premium

Supreme Court

Press Trust of India
Dissatisfied with the steps taken by Uttar Pradesh government in the “brutal” murder of eight persons including four farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri, the Supreme Court Friday questioned non-arrest of accused, directed preservation of evidence and mulled transferring probe to another agency, saying “proof of the pudding is in the eating”.
 
Without mincing words, a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said, “the law must take its course against all accused” and “the government has to take all remedial steps in this regard to inspire confidence” in the investigation of “brutal murder of eight persons”. The UP government

Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content