Apple executive killing: SP wants UP CM Yogi Adityanath's resignation

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has called for his successor Yogi Adityanaths resignation from the post after a youth was shot dead by an onduty cop in Lucknow allegedly after he refused to stop his SUV car for checking by policemenVivek Tiwari an executive of multinational technology company Apple was returning home in the early hours of Saturday when he was allegedly shot on his chin for refusing to stop his vehicle by patrolling copsWhile the constable claims that he fired at Tiwaris car in selfdefence as it tried to run over his motorbike the incident has put the Uttar Pradesh police in a tight spotSpeaking to ANI Akhilesh Yadav said Its very unfortunate and cant imagine how such an incident took place But what else will you expect from Bharatiya Janata Party Government in Uttar Pradesh There have been numerous fake encounters under this governmentAdityanath however denied that Tiwaris killing was an encounter and assured that the investigation will be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation if requiredIt was not an encounter An investigation will be conducted in this incident and if needed we will order a CBI inquiry into the incident he told media on Saturday after the incidence sparked an outcry from people politicians and the victims family against the excessive use of force by the policeThe eyewitness a woman who was travelling with Tiwari in his car when the incident took place has poked holes in the polices claimSpeaking to ANI she said The car was never stationary and it was moving The police had no reason for coming and shouting at us They may have misunderstood the presence of a lady in the car It made no sense of what they did and why they did it My statements have been misrepresented It wasnt that I felt like a bullet has been fired as reported by some media but in reality a bullet was fired He had no injury in his head and he was hit on his chinThe accused cop Prashant Chaudhary has been arrested and a murder case has been registered against him However explaining the incident he claimed that he took out his service revolver only to scare TiwariChaudhary demanded that a First Information Report be registered against the deceased for trying to run over himSpeaking from Gomti Nagar police station Choudhary said I did not shoot him He hit me with the car first I asked him to come out of the car He reversed his car twice and tried to run over me I was on the ground and took out my pistol only to warn him The pistol was loaded and a shot got fired I did not fire and had no intention of shooting him The man fled from the spot after being hit by the bulletA Special Investigation Team SIT has been formed under Superintendent of Police Crime to probe into the incidentCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in the headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever