Equal before law what sc said on lakhimpur applies cross party
Justice must be done and must also be seen to be done. It is alright for the law and order machinery to be careful in sorting out all the conflicting narratives in the Lakhimpur Kheri case, which can take time, but this process can only inspire confidence if it investigates all suspects equally. Yesterday, the Supreme Court bench that has taken suo motu notice of the case put its finger on the politically charged question of whether Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni’s son has been getting special treatment.It urged, “Treat him the same way we treat other persons in other cases.” The long stonewalled pursuit of police reforms is at core about this problem, that the institution’s independence and integrity are terribly compromised by political influences.
Today SP’s Akhilesh Yadav is asking for Teni’s resignation to ensure an unbiased probe, but when he was CM he resisted the calls to fire rape-accused Gayatri Prajapati, who was booked only on a SC directive and then too evaded arrested for nearly a month. In Lakhimpuri Kheri, what SC underlined yesterday is that a very brutal murder of eight people has taken place and usually if a 302 (murder) case is registered police go and arrest the accused. The Yogi Adityanath government says two arrests have indeed been made, but that does not explain why Ashish Mishra has not even been questioned yet.
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