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.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.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.“We had earlier reported the matter to the police, who told us to show proof. So, on Monday, my husband was recording a video when they started abusing and assaulting him. But he was shot dead,” she alleged.Hundreds of RSS members also gathered in support of the family. 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).The firing took place in Brahmani Tola, Naubasta, during a dispute over parking a car on vacant land. Shivaji Tiwari, his son Shivendra Tiwari (55), and grandson Suyash Tiwari (30) died after sustaining gunshot injuries.Police said the accused had been arrested and that the pistol allegedly used in the shooting, along with four spent cartridges, had been recovered. Further legal proceedings are underway.
