Lucknow, September 29: Uttar Pradesh police constable Prashant Chaudhary, who shot at Apple employee Vivek Tiwari is now playing a victim. Speaking to news agency ANI, Chaudhary expressed disappointment at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s decision of not allowing him to register his case. The constable's wife also complained that it had been 12 hours after the incident, no FIR was being registered. Chaudhary while interacting with media claimed that the bullet was shot by mistake. He added that Tiwari hit him with his car and drove it over the constable three times with the intention to kill him. Chaudhary demanded that his FIR should be registered. Earlier, he claimed that he shot at Tiwari in self-defence.

UP Minister Ashutosh Tandon said that orders were given for rewriting of FIR and Gomti Nagar police would not investigate the case. The Director-General of Police, O.P. Singh, has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Inspector General (Lucknow) to probe the case. Superintendent of Police (SP) crime and rural will be part of the team which has been asked to submit its report at the earliest. District Magistrate of Lucknow Kaushalraj Sharma has ordered a magisterial inquiry. Vivek Tiwari Death: Uttar Pradesh Minister Rules Out Foul Play in 'Encounter', Says 'Criminals Will Be Punished'

Earlier in the day, State CM Yogi Adityanath broke his silence over the incident. He clarified that it was not an encounter and also assured of conducting an investigation into the case. Yogi also stated that a CBI inquiry would also be ordered if required. The 38-year-old victim was survived by his wife and two daughters. Meanwhile, Tiwari’s wife, Kalpana demanded justice from the UP government. She also wrote to Yogi Adityanath demanding a CBI enquiry into the incident. In addition to this, she also demanded a compensation of Rs 1 crore and a job in the police department.

The tragic incident took place on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday around 1:30 am in Lucknow's upscale Gomti Nagar extension area when Vivek was returning home in his SUV and was stopped by two policemen. After he allegedly refused to stop his SUV during the police checking, one of the policemen took out his gun and fired at him on noticing suspicious activity. The autopsy revealed on Saturday that the bullet had hit Tiwari in the chin and got stuck between the neck and the head which led to his death.

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