Lakhimpur Kheri case: SC appoints ex-judge of Punjab and Haryana HC to monitor probe

The top court also reconstituted the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and named three senior IPS officers. 

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 17, 2021) appointed a former judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to monitor the probe into the Lakhimpur Kheri case.

The top court said that the appointment of Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain has been made to ensure transparency, fairness, and absolute impartiality.

The SC also reconstituted the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case and included three senior IPS officers, who are not natives of Uttar Pradesh. SB Shirodkar, Deepinder Singh and Padmaja Chauhan were named in it.