CM Yogi hints CBI probe into fake encounter case, says none would be spared

Agencies

September 29, 2018

Lucknow, Sept 29: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has hinted for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the killing of private company executive Vivek Tiwari by two policemen.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, who is in Gorakhpur, condemned the fake encounter and assured that stern action would be taken against the accused policemen.

"None would be spared and if the family members of the deceased demand then the government would not hesitate to recommend for a CBI probe," Chief Minister told the reporters.

Kalpana Tiwari, wife of the deceased said, "I don't have any faith on UP police which killed my husband in cold blooded manner."

In a letter to the CM, Ms Tiwari demanded a CBI probe and a compensation of Rs one crore.

Meanwhile, Lucknow police handed over the probe to the Special Investigation Team (SIT).

DGP OP Singh told reporters that the perpetrators who are in jail will be sacked from the service.

"Police is to serve the people and such incident would not be tolerated", added the DGP.

A magisterial probe has also been ordered while FIR under section 302 of the IPC has been registered against the accused policemen.

The SIT team will be headed by IG, Lucknow and other members include SP Crime and SP Rural of Lucknow.

Vivek Tiwari, a 32 years Apple company employee was shot dead by two police constables on Friday night when he was driving a car, accompanied by a female colleague. The the female colleague, an eye-witness of the case, stated that she was being forced to give statements in the favour of the accused policemen. However, the SSP Kalanidhi Naithani refuted such claims.

Several UP ministers and leaders of opposition parties have conveyed their condolences to the family of Vivek tiwari.

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‘Pakistan has no moral right to question India’s military operation’: Pak Islamist lawmaker exposes own country’s hypocrisy

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December 23,2025

A Pakistani lawmaker has called out the hypocrisy of his country's leadership, drawing a parallel between Islamabad's military actions against Kabul and India's 'Operation Sindoor'.

Condemning the Pakistan army, led by Asim Munir, for strikes on Afghanistan - which resulted in civilian casualties - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman questioned the consistency of Islamabad's logic. He argued that if Pakistan's cross-border attacks are considered justified, then the country has little ground to object when India enters Pakistani territory to eliminate terrorists.

Rehman was addressing the 'Majlis-e-Ittehad-e-Ummat' conference on Monday in Karachi's Lyari. The town recently gained international attention as the setting for the Ranveer Singh-starrer Dhurandhar, which depicted the intersection of informants and operatives within the Lyari underworld.

"If you say that we attacked our enemy in Afghanistan and justify this, then India can also say that it attacked Bahawalpur, Muridke, and the headquarters of groups responsible for the attack in Kashmir," Rehman said, referring to India's retaliatory strikes. "Then how can you raise objections? The same accusations are now being levelled against Pakistan by Afghanistan. How do you justify both positions?"

The JUI-F chief's remarks specifically referenced 'Operation Sindoor'.

On May 7, Indian armed forces carried out pre-dawn missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, including the Jaish-e-Mohammad stronghold of Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba's base in Muridke.

Pak-Afghanistan Tension

Fazlur Rehman has been a consistent critic of the Pakistani government's policy towards Afghanistan. In October, during a peak in bilateral tensions, he offered to mediate between the two nations. According to a Dawn report, he stated, "In the past, I have played a role in reducing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and I can still do so."

Rehman is known to wield significant influence within the region and remains the only Pakistani lawmaker to have met with the Taliban's supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada.

Recently, India condemned Pakistan's fresh strikes on Afghanistan. "We have seen reports of border clashes in which several Afghan civilians have been killed," Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at a weekly media briefing.

"We condemn such attacks on innocent Afghan people. India strongly supports the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Afghanistan," he said.

A spokesperson for the Taliban regime claimed Pakistan initiated the attacks and that Kabul was "forced to respond".

The two countries have been locked in an increasingly bitter dispute since the Taliban authorities retook control in Kabul in 2021, with Islamabad accusing its neighbour of harbouring terrorists - a charge that the Afghan government denies.

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