Minister says officials tried to cover up Apple executive’s murder
Minister says officials tried to cover up Apple executive’s murder Uttar Pradesh minister Brijesh Pathak hit out at the police for showing “laxity” and “hushing up” the murder of a tech company executive. Apple executive Vivek Tiwari was shot dead early Saturday morning by a policeman when he allegedly refused to stop his car. “Some high-level officials are trying to manipulate and hide things. A probe will be conducted against them as well. The Uttar Pradesh government will not pardon any criminal, including the police personnel who killed the innocent youth,” Pathak said. Action should also be initiated against officials who showed laxity in this case and tried to hush up the murder,” Pathak said. “I will also request the honourable court to hand over the entire matter to a fast-track court so that the aggrieved family can get justice soon. I have also sought time from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath so that the aggrieved family can meet him,” he said. The state law minister expressed “shock” over the fact that even policemen could indulge in such an act. “The death of Vivek Tiwari has shocked us. Even the police could do such a heinous act, I did not expect,” he said. “The lone eyewitness was kept in police custody for nearly 17 hours and her signature was taken on a plain piece of paper. The FIR was not registered in the way it should had been. There is no consistency between the statement of Sana (who was accompanying the victim) and the FIR. And efforts were made to hush up the case,” he said. -PTC News
