Five arrested for allegedly blackmailing union minister Ajay Mishra
New Delhi: Police have arrested five persons who allegedly blackmailed Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni by showing videos of the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri, where 8 people were mowed down by the SUV owned by Mr. Mishra.
The arrested men, all BPP workers, had tried to extort crores from Ajay Mishra, junior Home minister in the Modi cabinet.
Accused persons have blackmailed the minister by showing videos and other evidence on him linked to the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri. Mr. Mishra has received the extortion calls on December 17, after the police have tracked the case, arrested five people in connection to the case.
"We received a complaint from the minister's staff that he had received phone calls for money. An FIR was lodged in the New Delhi district," said a Delhi Police officer.
The minister's son Ashish Mishra is accused of running over farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3. He has been in jail since his arrest in October.
Both the minister and his son have denied that they were present in Lakhimpur Kheri when the minister's convoy rammed protesting farmers and crushed four of them.
