Mathura clash: Wife of slain officer moves SC

NEW DELHI: The wife of a police officer, who was killed in a clash with the squatters at Jawaharbagh in Mathura in 2016 has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to the CBI to constitute a team to investigate the incident within two months. More than 20 people, including two police officials, were killed during a drive to evict squatters at Jawaharbagh.

The plea filed by Archanadwivedi, wife of Superintendent Police (city) Mukuldwivedi, who was killed during clashes in Mathura on June 2, 2016, said that on March 2, 2017, the Allahabad High Court directed CBI to constitute two teams to complete the investigation within two months but 40 months have passed and yet the "powerful politicians and top officials of the State" have not been interrogated.

The Uttar Pradesh government had, in January 2014, granted permission to Ram Vriksha Yadav's organisation Azad Bharat Vidhikvaicharik to hold a demonstration at the ground for two days. However, members of the organisation, which claims allegiance to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, went on to occupy the sprawling public park for more than two years. Following a high court order, the squatters were evicted from the park amid large-scale violence.

The plea, filed through advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey, has sought directions to CBI to constitute a team comprising of adequate number of officers to investigate the incident dated June 2, 2016 within two months, in which Dwivedi along with SHO Farah, Santosh Yadav and others were killed.