Mishra was sent back to judicial custody later in the day as the duration of the police remand ended today. The three other accused who were taken to Tikonia, about 60 km off Lakhimpur Kheri district headquarters, were Shekhar Bharti, Ankit Das, considered Mishra’s friend, and Latif alias Kale.
The police made dummies representing farmers and ran a police jeep over them, followed by two other vehicles. Speaking to ET, DIG Upendra Agarwal, head of the SIT probing the case did not divulge insights gained from the recreation. However, he said if Mishra was further required, SIT would seek his fresh custody. Mishra had claimed he was not present at the site of the crime.
Dummy runs are a standard practice in case investigations, but in this particular case, purported video recordings could give a clear idea to the police, once primary authenticity of the videos is confirmed. While the crime scene was cordoned off on Thursday, it has been accessed by several people who visited the site in recent days, including farmers and media, raising questions about gathering clues from the crime scene. Police however, refused to comment on this.
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