Overview
- Bhojpur Police and the Special Task Force jointly arrested an STF jawan identified as Akshay on Friday and took him into custody in the investigation of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari’s death.
- Tiwari was killed in a June 17 police encounter that officers say followed his opening fire with an illegal pistol while his family says he tried to surrender.
- A bystander-recorded Facebook Live video circulated after the shooting and the family says it shows Tiwari discarding a pistol before officers shot him.
- The state has registered an FIR, suspended four police personnel, removed Jagdishpur SDM Sanjit Kumar from his post, and ordered a judicial inquiry led by a retired High Court judge with a DIG supervising the criminal probe.
- Tiwari’s mother staged a hunger strike demanding named arrests and the recent custody of an STF jawan answers that demand while increasing the likelihood of further charges or administrative action as legal proceedings move forward.