ND Tiwari with son Rohit Shekhar. (File Photo)Officers from the special investigation team (SIT) of the Crime Branch, probing the death of ND Tiwari’s son Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, arrested Shekhar’s wife, Apoorva Shukla on the charges of murder. Additional CP (crime) Rajiv Ranjan has confirmed the arrest of Apoorva. Police said they have found concrete evidence against Shukla.
According to police, Rohit’s domestic help had alleged that Shukla and Rohit had a fight over video call hours before his death.
Late UP and Uttarakhand CM ND Tiwari’s son Rohit Shekhar Tiwari’s death case: Apoorva Tiwari, the wife of Rohit, who has been arrested today in connection with the case, being taken for questioning by Delhi Crime Branch on April 21. #Delhi pic.twitter.com/7YqZ1z9E0Y
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On Monday, the SIT questioned Apoorva for around 10 hours and also took the domestic help and the official to their office in Prashant Vihar, where both were questioned in separate rooms. “During questioning, both made similar claims, telling officers that Apoorva made a video call to Rohit around 7.30 pm on April 15 while he was returning from Uttarakhand. The call was picked up by the domestic help and later given to Rohit, who was with others in the car,” a senior police officer had told The Indian Express.
According to police, Rohit, his mother, a former officer with ND Tiwari, and his wife had gone to Uttarakhand for a few days, and returned around 10.30 pm on April 15, after which they all had dinner together. Rohit is believed to have died a few hours later. Apoorva maintains that she saw Rohit between 1 am and 2 am on April 16, and then left to sleep in a separate room.
Rohit was found dead last week. While it was initially believed to be a case of natural death, doctors from AIIMS had raised red flags, following which a murder case was registered.
