INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Tech executive Vivek Tiwari died of injuries at a hospital in Lucknow.Lucknow: A 38-year-old employee of a multinational company died after
he was shot at by a police constable in Lucknow in the early hours of Saturday after he allegedly refused to stop his SUV during checking by
the police.The shooting took place at around 1:30 am in Lucknow's upscale Gomti Nagar extension area.The driver of the SUV, identified as
Vivek Tiwari, died of bullet injury at a hospital in the Uttar Pradesh capital.Police said the man was driving the SUV with a former
Two policemen on patrol flagged his car, asking them to stop
Mr Tiwari first hit the police patrol bike and then rammed a wall while allegedly trying to escape, the police said.The two policemen have
been arrested and a case of murder has been registered against them
Police investigating the case said the constables used "excessive force"
A Special Investigation Team has been formed to probe the case.Tech executive Vivek Tiwari died of injuries at a hospital in
Lucknow.Constable Prashant Kumar said he opened fire in self-defence
When we reached the car, whoever was inside it started the car immediately
We parked our bike in front of the car
I waved at him to stop but he reversed the car and hit us again
But he reversed for the third time and hit our bike with full force
I drew my pistol to scare him
When he tried to run over me, I had to shoot in self-defence," he said.Mr Tiwari's co-passenger who filed a complaint later, however, has a
"The police just waylaid us and tried to stop us forcefully
Sir(Vivek Tiwari) didn't stop the car
We didn't realise who they were
We were trying to leave from the side
We hit the bike but they had already gotten off the bike
The man in the front just pulled out a revolver and fired," she said.""This was not a planned shooting
They are saying that the car was stationary
Then the man backed his car and the constables perhaps felt that he was trying to run them over," said Lucknow police chief Kalanidhi
Naithani. "The situation could have been avoided and that's why we have booked the constables for murder
There is a clear cut excessive use of force and it is unacceptable," he said."Is it a crime not to stop a car I want to ask the chief
minister, what kind of law and order is this" Vivek Tiwari's wife Kalpana told reporters.
