Overview

• Uttar Pradesh Police in Lakhimpur Kheri registered an FIR naming Ajay Mishra Teni, his son Ashish Mishra, Amandeep Singh and one unidentified person on allegations of threatening a key witness.
• Police said the case includes IPC sections 195A (threatening a witness) and 506 (criminal intimidation) along with conspiracy, and that an investigation has begun with statements to be recorded.
• The complainant, Baljinder Singh, alleged he was pressured on August 15–16, 2023 to change his testimony, offered money and threatened, leading him to relocate to Punjab for safety.
• The FIR was filed after the Supreme Court directed immediate action and had earlier rebuked state authorities for not acting on the witness’s complaint.
• The allegations relate to the 2021 Tikunia/Lakhimpur violence in which five people, including a journalist, were killed; Ashish Mishra is on bail as trial proceedings continue.