New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a one-member judicial commission to probe the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in which eight people were killed, a senior home department official said on Thursday.“A notification for the constitution of the Commission has been issued. The commission has been given two months time to probe the matter,” the official said.“In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Commissions of Enquiry Act, 1952 (Act no. 60 of 1952), the Governor is pleased to appoint Justice High Court, Allahabad (retd) Pradeep Kumar Srivastava as a single-member Commission of enquiry with Headquarters at Lakhimpur Kheri,” the notification dated October 6 said.Also read: In Lakhimpur Kheri, BJP Proves India Has No Rule of Law Today“The Commission shall complete the enquiry within a period of two months from the date of the issue of this notification. Any change in its tenure shall be at the behest of the Government,” it added.Eight people were killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on Sunday. Of the eight killed, four were farmers, who were allegedly knocked down by VIP vehicles including one carrying Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra. A murder case has been registered against Ashish, but he is yet to be arrested.The other four killed were two BJP workers, Ajay Mishra’s driver and a freelance broadcast journalist.The Uttar Pradesh government’s handling of the situation has come under criticism from farmers’ leaders, the opposition and rights activists. The police has been accused of shielding Ashish Mishra, given his connections to the BJP and his father’s status as Union minister.On Wednesday night, the Supreme Court announced that it was taking suo moto cognisance of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and would hear the matter on Thursday. Hours later, the UP government suddenly constituted the judicial commission it had earlier promised.(With PTI)