Lucknow: Concerned about the foul play by the police, family members of Vivek Tiwari initially refused to cremate his body on Saturday seeking the direct intervention of chief minister Yogi Adityanath and an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
A top executive of a big multi-national mobile company, Vivek Tiwari was allegedly killed by a police constable following an altercation in Lucknow’s upscale Gomti Nagar extension area late Friday night
“Why did police kill him without any warning? He was not a criminal. We want the chief minister to announce a CBI investigation into his death to ensure the strictest punishment to his killers,” said Vivek’s wife, Kalpana Tiwari.
Later in the evening, the family agreed to cremate the body on Sunday morning after the government-sanctioned compensation of Rs 25 lakh.
Vivek Tiwari, 38, was in his car with his ex-colleague Sana Khan when the incident took place after he rammed a police patrol motorcycle.
Prashant Chowdhary, the constable accused of firing at Tiwari, claimed the car was parked by the side of the road with the headlights switched off. “The driver (Vivek Tiwari) tried to run me over thrice when I asked the occupants in the vehicle to come out. I fired in self-defence,” he claimed before the media. Later in the day, he changed his statement and said he pulled out his pistol to threaten Tiwari but it went off accidentally.
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