New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday released CCTV visuals of the encounter in which a suspected criminal was killed on Saturday. The victim Manoj Vashishth's family has been claiming the encounter at a restaurant in Rajendra Nagar was staged. They met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking help. The Home Minister assured them a fair trial and said an SIT has been set up to probe the incident.
"We met the Home Minister, he was very helpful and told us that the SIT has looked into the matter and that the postmortem was recorded and there has been no injustice towards us and we are convinced by what he said. He also assured us that he will be willing to help us in the future," the family said.
Manoj was gunned down in an encounter by Delhi Police at a restaurant in central Delhi, his family had accused the police of killing him in cold blood and demanded a judicial enquiry.
Manoj Vashishth's wife identified as Priyanka and brother Anil accused the police of staging a fake encounter claiming that Manoj was not a hardened criminal but was facing cases of fraud.
According to police officials, when they went to arrest the suspect at the restaurant he opened fire following which the police retaliated, leading to the suspect's death. Police sources claimed that there are over a 100 cases of cheating against Manoj. He and his family members were also arrested in a cheating case in 2002, the sources said.
Both Manoj and his wife Priyanka have political background. While Priyanka is an elected member of municipal body in Bagpat, Manoj was a member of Samajwadi Party and had even uploaded pictures with senior laders of the party on social media.
Manoj, a native of Bagpat in Uttar Pradesh, was staying along with his wife in South Patel Nagar.
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