Lakhimpur Kheri in spotlight, local family talks of pending plea against Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni in HC

The family of a man Union minister of state for home Ajay Mishra Teni is alleged to have killed in 2000 over a business rivalry have said that they hope the Kheri violence case will lend urgency to theirs. While Teni’s counsel said “no case” against him is pending, the verdict in the murder case has not been pronounced by the Allahabad high court since 2018.