Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni
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- The five people were arrested after Union Minister Ajay Mishra alleged an attempt to blackmail.
- Ajay Mishra told the police that they had tried to extort crores of rupees from him.
- Police said the 5 accused arrested were all BPO workers. All of them were residents of Delhi and Noida.
Five persons were arrested on Friday after Union Minister Ajay Mishra alleged an attempt to blackmail him with a video of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
The minister had informed the Delhi Police about the extortion call on December 17, following which his house in Delhi was put under surveillance. He also told the police that they had tried to extort crores of rupees from him.
Police said the five arrested accused were all BPO workers. All of them were residents of Delhi and Noida.
Violence erupted in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3 when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit to Mishra’s ancestral home. In the violence that followed, four agitating farmers were crushed by a vehicle, while four others including a journalist and two BJP workers were also killed.
Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra has been made an accused.
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