Lucknow: A day after three members of the Tiwari family were shot dead in Saadatganj, Lucknow police commissioner Tarun Gauba ordered the suspension of Saadatganj station house officer Santosh Kumar Arya and Kashmiri Mohalla police outpost in-charge sub-inspector Ajay Kumar Chaurasia.
“We had earlier reported the matter to the police, who told us to show proof.
Police said the accused had been arrested and that the pistol allegedly used in the shooting, along with four spent cartridges, had been recovered. Residents raised slogans against the police and demanded action against the entire police station staff. The family also raised allegations of his police connections in its complaint, claiming that the accused had repeatedly harassed them. But he was shot dead,” she alleged. Further legal proceedings are underway.
The family alleged that it had previously approached the police over the dispute but was asked to provide evidence. Ruchi said her husband had started recording a video when the confrontation escalated on Monday. So, on Monday, my husband was recording a video when they started abusing and assaulting him.
Shivaji Tiwari (62), one of the three deceased, was a retired Uttar Pradesh Secretariat employee who had also served as the RSS’s district sar-karyavah (general secretary). Hundreds of RSS members also gathered in support of the family.