Ex-BJP MLA''s son shot dead in UP; father, uncle of accused detained

Shahira Naim

Tribune News Service

Lucknow, December 17

Lucknow Police have detained the father and uncle of the prime accused in the murder of 30-year-old Vaibhav Tiwari, son of former BJP MLA Prem Prakash.

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Vaibhav was shot dead in a high-security zone on Saturday night.

Hazratganj Police have arrested the father and uncle of prime accused property dealer Suraj Shukla as after the murder, he had reportedly called his father informing him of the murder and instructing him to remove cash from the house.

The police are hunting for the other accused, Vikram Singh, who is the son of a policeman and had actually shot dead Vaibhav.

Interestingly, the murder has been captured in CCTV cameras in the VVIP area.

According to the police, Shukla had phoned Vaibhav around 9 pm on Saturday night, asking him to come to the Hazratganj crossing.

During the meeting, an argument started which turned hot and Shukla’s history-sheeter friend Vikram drew a pistol and shot Vaibhav in the chest.

He was rushed to the Lohia Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Hearing of the murder in the high-security zone, top cops rushed to the hospital.

Seven police teams are combing the neighbouring districts as well as the deceased’s ancestral district of Siddhartha Nagar in search of the two accused, who have been named by the family in their FIR lodged at the Hazratganj police station.

Deceased Vaibhav Tiwari was a resident of Kasmanda Apartments, a stone’s throw from the Vidhan Sabha building. He was the gram pradhan of their ancestral village of Damwapur Jagatram in Domariaganj tehsil of Siddhartha Nagar district on the Nepal border.

The only son of the three-time former BJP MLA from Domariaganj, Prem Prakash, alias Jippy Tiwari, Vaibhav was into property business as well.

He lived in a flat with his wife, three-year-old daughter and ex-MLA father and mother Sandhya Tiwari who is member of the Block Development Council.

Lucknow Police have also sought help of the Special Task Force (STF) to work out the case that apparently also involves professional criminals.
The police believe a property dispute to be the cause of the murder.