Those who speak truth jailed: Mehbooba on bail for Ashish Mishra

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that several people, including her party’s youth wing leader Waheed Para, were languishing in jail on allegedly trumped-up charges but a union minister’s son was accused of running his vehicle over farmers walks scot-free.

The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir was commenting on the Allahabad High court granting bail to Ashish Mishra, son of union minister Ajay Mishra, in the Lakhimpur Kheri case.

”Umar Khalid, Fahad Shah, Waheed Para & Siddique Kapan are languishing in jail on trumped-up charges. But a Minister’s son walks away scot-free after allegedly running over farmers. In Godhse’s India, criminals roam freely & those who speak the truth are jailed,” Mehbooba tweeted.

On October 3 last year, eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit to the area.

Ashish Mishra is one of the accused in the incident.