Apple executive’s widow sees ray of hope after meeting UP CM

lucknow — After a meeting with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday, Apple executive Vivek Tiwari’s widow Kalpana Tiwari said she sees a ray of hope as Adityanath had assured of all help and justice in the case.

Vivek Tiwari was shot dead by an Uttar Pradesh police constable in Lucknow on Saturday on the pretext that he did not stop his vehicle when asked to do so.

Talking to the media after the meeting, she said that she desperately wanted to meet Yogi for the past two days as she wanted not only to know why her husband was killed for no fault of his and how she will meet the challenges that lie ahead after her husband’s untimely death.

“After meeting the chief minister, I am confident that I will be able to discharge the responsibilities

of bringing up my two children,” she said in a choked voice.

The chief minister assured of all help to the bereaved family and said that justice will be done at all costs.

He also told the family that the conduct of the killer constable Prashant Chowdhary was unacceptable and he had been sacked and booked for murder. At the

meeting in a sombre atmosphere, the distraught widow broke down many times and wondered aloud how she will bring up her daughters in the absence of her husband, an official said.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma had escorted Kalpana Tiwari and her two daughters — Shanu and Shivi — to the meeting. —