Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Congress leader Salman Anees Soz on Friday questioned the release of Ashish Mishra, sonof a Union Minister,accused of running over protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri last year.
“Umar Khalid, Fahad Shah, Waheed Para and 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 Godse’s India, criminals roam freely and those who speak the truth are jailed,” Ms. Mufti said in a tweet.