What Congress (I) had been saying for number of years became officially out when sessions court in Lucknow convicted BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari for murdering PWD engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta in 2008. Tiwari and nine others were sentenced to life imprisonment by the court in May 2011. Tiwari's wife, Vibha, has been given two-and-a-half years of rigorous imprisonment. She was booked on charges of criminal conspiracy and for destruction of evidence. The BSP MLA from Auraiya, Tiwari was accused of killing the executive engineer for not favouring contractors close to him while awarding PWD contracts, said Congress (I). Soon after his murder, Manoj Gupta's family had alleged that he was killed for his refusal to contribute to funds for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's birthday celebrations. They, however, retracted this statement apparently under pressure. Besides Tiwari, others who have been sentenced to life imprisonment included Hoshiyar Singh former SHO Dibiyapur. All this goes to show the extent to which Mayawati’s legislators and administration are jointly involved in crimes against the people, said Congress (I).
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