Mayawati demands stern action against guilty cops

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati Monday demanded a high-level inquiry and stern action against guilty policemen in the killing of a tech company executive in the Gomti Nagar area here.

The executive, Vivek Tiwari (38), was shot dead by a

policeman on September 29 when he allegedly refused to stop his car.

Expressing solidarity with the bereaved family, the BSP president said "along with the guilty policemen, we demand from the government to also take stern legal action against lax senior officials so that such incidents could be checked in future."

"Besides, we demand a high-level inquiry into this case," the BSP president said, adding that the government should not confine itself only to what the members of the bereaved family are demanding.

"The family members, at this point of time, are in shock...If the government thinks it has no hand in this case and want to ensure justice to the bereaved family, it should order a high-level inquiry on its own," she said here.

The former chief minister alleged that Tiwari's killing was the latest example of how the upper caste people were "also facing harassment" in the BJP government.

She said the BSP is "very sad" over the incident and the party's national general secretary, Satish Chandra Mishra, has been directed to meet the family and console them and ensure that they get justice.

"If the government fails to deliver justice to the family, S C Mishra will take up the case on the behalf of the party, and help them get justice," Mayawati said.