SC relieves SIT in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case

New Delhi, ,18/9: The Supreme Court on Monday relieved the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, saying it has already completed its probe and submitted a charge sheet in the trial court.

The case pertains to the incident of violence on October 3, 2021, in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri district’s Tikunia. Issuing the order on Monday, a bench of justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta .