Arrested for crime that never was, Lakhimpur Kheri brothers freed after 20 hours

It was an instance of "to hell and back" for brothers Prem Chandra and Munna Lal of Lakhimpur Kheri for around 20 hours late last month.

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW:

They were arrested for their alleged involvement in two criminal cases which never happened and produced before a Lucknow court in compliance with fake Non-Bailable Warrants (NBW) issued against them, the police later revealed.

Though the duo kept reiterating before police that they were not involved in any offence, the Kheri police presented the NBWs issued against them and asked them to comply with orders.

The mystery behind the NBWs issued against them was unravelled when Kheri police team produced the duo before the court of the Civil Judge of Fast Track Court (FTC) for a women related crime on April 29. It was discovered then that the forged NBW was issued against the brothers and sent to Lakhimpur Kheri superintendent of police (SP) through speed post on April 15 for compliance.