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	'''Shekhar Tiwari''' is an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician from the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]], currently in [[life imprisonment]] for murder.		'''Shekhar Tiwari''' is an Indian politician from the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]], currently in [[life imprisonment]] for murder.
	He was elected as chairman of the [[Dibiyapur]] municipal Panchayat in [[Auraiya]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1997.		He was elected as chairman of the [[Dibiyapur]] municipal Panchayat in [[Auraiya]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1997.
	He was elected to the [[UP Vidhan Sabha]] as a BSP candidate in May 2007.<ref name=et2>{{cite news \| url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/maya-redfaced-over-tiwaris-conviction/787820/2 \| title=Maya red-faced over Tiwari's conviction \| date=9 May 2011 \| newspaper=The Indian Express \| first=Virendra Nath \| last=Bhatt \| accessdate=11 March 2019 }}</ref>		He was elected to the [[UP Vidhan Sabha]] as a BSP candidate in May 2007.<ref name=et2>{{cite news \| url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/maya-redfaced-over-tiwaris-conviction/787820/2 \| title=Maya red-faced over Tiwari's conviction \| date=9 May 2011 \| newspaper=The Indian Express \| first=Virendra Nath \| last=Bhatt \| accessdate=11 March 2019 }}</ref>
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	==Manoj Gupta murder==		==Manoj Gupta murder==
	On 24 December 2008, five days before the annual birthday bash for party leader [[Mayawati]], Tiwari forcibly entered the house of Public Works Department engineer Manoj K Gupta in Dibiyapur. Along with a gang that included three policemen, Tiwari mercilessly beat up Gupta, fracturing his skull and possibly giving him electric shocks.<ref name=et>{{cite news\| url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-12-26/news/27707073_1_mla-shekhar-tiwari-bsp-chief-mayawati-manoj-gupta \| work=The Times Of India \| title=Will Gupta murder end Maya's party politics? \| date=2008-12-26}}</ref> Tiwari then brought the fatally wounded Gupta to the police station, and Gupta died two hours later at the district hospital.<ref>http://www.zeenews.com/news550117.html</ref>		On 24 December 2008, five days before the annual birthday bash for party leader [[Mayawati]], Tiwari forcibly entered the house of Public Works Department engineer Manoj K Gupta in Dibiyapur. Along with a gang that included three policemen, Tiwari mercilessly beat up Gupta, fracturing his skull and possibly giving him electric shocks.<ref name=et>{{cite news\| url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-12-26/news/27707073_1_mla-shekhar-tiwari-bsp-chief-mayawati-manoj-gupta \| work=The Times Of India \| title=Will Gupta murder end Maya's party politics? \| date=2008-12-26}}</ref> Tiwari then brought the fatally wounded Gupta to the police station, and Gupta died two hours later at the district hospital.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.zeenews.com/news550117.html \| title=PWD engineer murder: Policeman arrested \| States News \| date=25 July 2009 }}</ref>

	Media reports repeatedly insisted that the lynching<ref name=et/> had occurred because Gupta had refused to pay a large sum (possibly Rs 5 to 50 lakhs) towards Mayawati's birthday party. Tiwari and Mayawati initially denied all such claims,<ref>		Media reports repeatedly insisted that the lynching<ref name=et/> had occurred because Gupta had refused to pay a large sum (possibly Rs 5 to 50 lakhs) towards Mayawati's birthday party. Tiwari and Mayawati initially denied all such claims,<ref>

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'''Shekhar Tiwari''' is an [[India]]n politician from the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]], currently in [[life imprisonment]] for murder.
He was elected as chairman of the [[Dibiyapur]] municipal Panchayat in [[Auraiya]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1997.
He was elected to the [[UP Vidhan Sabha]] as a BSP candidate in May 2007.<ref name=et2>{{cite news | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/maya-redfaced-over-tiwaris-conviction/787820/2 | title=Maya red-faced over Tiwari's conviction | date=9 May 2011 | newspaper=The Indian Express | first=Virendra Nath | last=Bhatt | accessdate=11 March 2019 }}</ref>
Soon after, his wife Vibha was elected as chairman of the Dibiyapur panchayat.<ref name=toi/>

According to police reports, Tiwari was being investigated in 14 criminal cases relating to government contracts and extortion, but after he was elected as MLA, 10 cases were closed for want of evidence.<ref name=toi>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-07/lucknow/29519792_1_manoj-kumar-gupta-murder-case-bsp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714073217/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-07/lucknow/29519792_1_manoj-kumar-gupta-murder-case-bsp | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-07-14 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=3 sitting MLAs convicted of murder have BSP link | date=2011-05-07}}</ref>

He is a graduate from the [[University of Allahabad]], and had earlier been a member of the [[Indian National Congress]]. He joined the BSP in 2007 during Mayawati's attempt to forge a tie with the [[Brahmin]] community.<ref name=toi/>

==Manoj Gupta murder==
On 24 December 2008, five days before the annual birthday bash for party leader [[Mayawati]], Tiwari forcibly entered the house of Public Works Department engineer Manoj K Gupta in Dibiyapur. Along with a gang that included three policemen, Tiwari mercilessly beat up Gupta, fracturing his skull and possibly giving him electric shocks.<ref name=et>{{cite news| url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-12-26/news/27707073_1_mla-shekhar-tiwari-bsp-chief-mayawati-manoj-gupta | work=The Times Of India | title=Will Gupta murder end Maya's party politics? | date=2008-12-26}}</ref> Tiwari then brought the fatally wounded Gupta to the police station, and Gupta died two hours later at the district hospital.<ref>http://www.zeenews.com/news550117.html</ref>

Media reports repeatedly insisted that the lynching<ref name=et/> had occurred because Gupta had refused to pay a large sum (possibly Rs 5 to 50 lakhs) towards Mayawati's birthday party. Tiwari and Mayawati initially denied all such claims,<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Mayawati has nothing to do with murder: Shekhar Tiwari
| author =
| publisher = News Oneindia
| url = http://news.oneindia.in/2008/12/25/mayawati-has-nothing-to-do-with-murder.html
| date = 25 Dec 2008
| accessdate =
}}</ref> but the then in-charge of the Dibiyapur police station, inspector Hoshiyar Singh, gave an interview on TV stating that the group had gone primarily to extract funds.
.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Suspended policeman blames engineer's murder on 'birthday funds'
| author =
| publisher = IANS
| url = http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/55882
| date = 3 Jan 2009
| accessdate =
}}</ref> BSP [[Auraiya]] district president [[Yogendra Dohre]] was also implicated in the murder.

Over the next year, there were reports of laxity in the investigations,<ref name=et/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Engineers-murder-Mayawati-rejects-CBI-probe/402844/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-02-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125104204/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Engineers-murder-Mayawati-rejects-CBI-probe/402844/ |archivedate=2010-01-25 }}
</ref> but the opposition parties and media kept up the pressure. Eventually, the [[Supreme Court of India]] intervened owing to tardy progress in the case.
<ref>
{{cite news
| title = SC asks court to expedite trial in engineer''s murder case
| author =
| publisher = PTI
| url = http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/sc-asks-court-to-expedite-trial-in-engineers-murder-case/610339.html
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130126001438/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/sc-asks-court-to-expedite-trial-in-engineers-murder-case/610339.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 26 January 2013
| date = 14 March 2011
| accessdate =
}}</ref> Eventually, Tiwari was sentenced to life imprisonment,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-05-07/news/29520517_1_shekhar-tiwari-life-imprisonment-auraiya | work=The Times Of India | title=BSP MLA, Shekhar Tiwari gets life imprisonment in PWD engineer murder case | date=2011-05-07}}</ref> along with several others.

Later on High court acquitted Hoshiar Singh, found not guilty.

==References==
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[[Category:Indian politicians convicted of crimes]]
[[Category:Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by India]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2007–2012]]
[[Category:Politicians convicted of murder]]
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