Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday met the family of Vivek Tiwari, the Apple executive, who was shot by two former cops in Lucknow on Saturday, at his official residence. Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, who had escorted the family from their home, was present at the meeting which lasted for 25 minutes.
Adityanath offered a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the family, a fixed deposit of Rs 5 lakh each for both daughters and Vivek’s mother. The government has also agreed to provide accommodation to Vivek’s family.
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“He heard what I had to say and assured help. I had earlier also said that I have faith in our state government and today that faith has strengthened,” Kalpana Tiwari, wife of the Apple executive told news agency ANI.
#WATCH: Kalpana Tiwari, wife of Vivek Tiwari who was shot dead by a police constable in Gomti Nagar area on 29 September, says after meeting CM Yogi Adityanath, “I had earlier also said that I have faith in our state government and today that faith has further strengthened” pic.twitter.com/EkloDLhfIE
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) October 1, 2018
UP CM Yogi Adityanath spoke to the family on Sunday and assured the family that the government will provide all possible assistance. He also told them that they can meet him anytime they want.
It is a very sad incident. Such criminal offences will not be accepted by govt. Immediate action was taken; the accused arrested&case registered. For the family of the deceased, govt will provide all kinds of aid needed by the family: UP CM Yogi Adityanath on #VivekTiwari case pic.twitter.com/qzhKmH5dPf
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) September 30, 2018
Earlier, Vivek’s family had refused to cremate his body unless the CM met them and ensure that the guilty will be punished. The family also demanded a compensation of Rs 1 crore.
A senior minister in the UP government had reportedly said that senior police officers tried to cover up the Tiwari’s murder by two cops of the Lucknow police. Both were arrested and later sacked.
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Yogi Adityanath’s government faced severe criticism after the Tiwari’s killing. Home Minister Rajnath Singh had called him after the incident created an outrage across the country.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted under the chairmanship of IG Lucknow Sujeet Pandey with SP Crime and SP Rural Lucknow as members of the team. They visited the spot on Sunday afternoon and spent two hours there. Samples were also collected from the spot – a good 48 hours after the incident.
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Tiwari, an assistant sales manager with Apple, was shot dead by Uttar Pradesh police officer was on patrol duty on late Friday night. Vivek Tewari was in his car with his colleague Sana Khan. At that time the police said that Tiwari had rammed the car into the police patrol motorcycle and the cop shot the executive in self defence.
Constable Prashant Kumar who fired at the car, and his colleague Sandeep Kumar, were arrested after police registered an FIR on his female friend’s complaint the same night. Their services have been terminated from the police force.
However, Tiwari’s wife lodged a fresh FIR on Sunday, accusing constable Prashant Chowdhary of opening fire on tech company executive Vivek Tiwari by putting the barrel of the pistol on the windshield.
Tiwari’s wife Kalpana Tewari mentioned in the FIR that Sana Khan, who was the co-occupant in his SUV when he was shot dead on Friday night, told her that the two constables Prashant Chowdhary and Sandip Kumar intercepted their vehicle when Vivek was going to drop her home at around 1.30 am.
The FIR reads that Vivek feared that the two constables may misbehave with Sana so he tried to move on when Sandip Kumar tried to put his baton inside the SUV. Prashant Chowdhary, who was present on the other side by then, opened fire on Vivek by putting his pistol’s nozzle on the front windshield.
The executive’s wife said Sana had read the name plates of the two constables and confirmed that it was Chowdhary who opened fire on Vivek that led to his death.
Tiwari’s wife alleged that Sana was not allowed to call anyone when another police team reached after Vivek’s SUV rammed into the underpass after travelling for over 500 meters. She said the police personnel made Sana sign a blank paper and later made her write an application, narrating the content according to them, allegedly to favour the two constables.
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