Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): Kiran, wife of Hindu Samaj Party chief Kamlesh Tiwari, who was shot dead on Friday, has threatened to self immolate herself along with her kids demanding justice for her husband.
Crying inconsolably after the body of Kamlesh Tiwari arrived at his native place in Muhmadabad, his wife demanded justice for her deceased husband and told reporters, "I will commit self-immolation right at this place along with my children".
She alleged that her husband was constantly receiving threat calls but the administration did not act upon it.
Family members demanded that the government should provide a government job for two sons of Kamlesh.
"We demand security for the family. CM Yogi should come to meet us otherwise we will not cremate the body," Kamlesh's mother said.
Body of Hindu Samaj Party chief Kamlesh Tiwari has been shifted to his native place Sitapur's Mahmudabad amid tight security from the mortuary after Post-Mortem Examination (PME).
Family members and supporters of Tiwari gathered outside the mortuary on late Friday night and staged a protest.
Tiwari was shot dead at the Naka area of Lucknow on Friday. He was the former leader of Hindu Mahasabha and had founded the Hindu Samaj Party.
After being attacked, Tiwari was immediately taken to a hospital where he succumbed to injuries. The assailants managed to flee from the spot. A revolver was also recovered from the site of the crime.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to investigate Tiwari's murder.
SK Bhagat (Inspector General Lucknow), Dinesh Puri (Superintendent of Police Crime Lucknow) and PK Mishra (Deputy Superintendent of Police Special Task Force) are part of the SIT that will be probing the case.
Earlier, Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police OP Singh had said that the accused knew Tiwari as they spent around 30 minutes with him on the pretext of gifting him sweets.
"The shooting of Tiwari was purely a criminal activity conducted by two people," DGP Singh said.
According to an eye-witness, the attackers barged into Tiwari's office and opened fire on him.
The police have registered the FIR against two maulanas from Bijnor based on the complaint filed by Tiwari's wife Kiran.
She has said in her complaint that these two had threatened to kill her husband in 2016, police said.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has sought a report from Principal Secretary (Home) and Director General of Police (DGP) in the case.
