Ashish Mishra, the son of India’s junior dwelling affairs minister Ajay Mishra, was detained on preliminary homicide prices late Saturday.

The arrest got here per week after eight people died during a protest within the Lakhimpur Kheri district in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh. 

Why are farmers protesting?

Farmers have been staging long-running protests in opposition to controversial reforms that can nix a assured worth for rice and wheat, leaving them on the mercy of huge firms.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has argued that the nation’s key agricultural sector is very inefficient and in want of change.

During the protest, a convoy stated to belong to Mishra and his father crashed into a gaggle of demonstrators, killing 4 of them. Angry demonstrators then set hearth to the automobiles, which killed 4 extra individuals, together with an area journalist.

This was the deadliest incident to happen in a series of protests which were ongoing since final November.

Mishra ‘evasive’

Mishra was questioned for 10 hours. Deputy Inspector General of Police Upendra Kumar Agrawal advised reporters that the suspect exhibited “non-cooperation” and “evasive replies.”

However, that they had initially declined to deliver prices. In response, India’s Supreme Court on Friday stated that it was “not satisfied” with the police investigation and questioned why that they had did not detain Mishra.

He is anticipated in court docket for a preliminary listening to on Monday. Authorities will then have 90 days to file official prices. Both Mishra and his father have denied wrongdoing.

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