Will take stern action against the killer MLA: Maya

Lucknow, Dec 26: BSP MLA, Shekhar Tiwari, who killed PWD engineer, Manoj K Gupta of Auraiya, will be booked under National Security Act (NSA) and the Gangster Act, said Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday, Dec 26.

"District Magistrate Shashikant Sharma told a press conference that government has directed the district administration to take strict action against all the accused irrespective of their status. The provisions of these two Acts besides that of the IPC would also be applied on the other three accused--Vinay Tiwari, Manoj Awasti and Puti alias Ram Babu--who have also been arrested," he said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati had on Thursday, Dec 25 declared that government would take strict action Tiwari and others accused in the murder. Invoking of the provisions of the two tough laws may deny the accused the liberty of bail for a prolonged period.

IG (Kanpur Zone) Bhanu Pratap Singh said that NSA was being invoked since murder had led to disruption of public life and damage to property. Police would seek custody of Tiwari and three others for a week for investigations, he said.

Efforts are also on to nab two others Bhatia and Tiwari, whose names have also cropped up in the murder, Sharma said. The District Magistrate said investigations so far have established the involvement of these accused in the murder of Gupta, an Executive Engineer with the Public Works Department.

OneIndia News (With inputs from Agencies)