Parveen azad biography
Life term for all 10 convicted of killing of DSP in UP’s Kunda
Those convicted include Phoolchand Yadav, Pawan Yadav, Manjeet Yadav, Ghanshyam Saroj, Ram Lakhan Gautam, Chhotelal Yadav, Ram Asre, Munnalal Patel, Shivram Pasi, and Jagat Bahadur Pal alias Bulle were also fined Rs 19, each, with half of the amount to be given to the wife of the slain CO, Parveen Azad.
The convicted had lynched Haq, who was then the CO of Kunda, on March 2, , when he arrived at a site of unrest following the murder of a village pradhan.
Initially, there were allegations that Kunda MLA and then minister in the SP government, Raghuraj Pratap Singh, was also involved in the crime, but the CBI gave him a clean chit.
Special Judge Dhirendra Kumar found the ten accused guilty under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including Sections (murder), (unlawful assembly), (voluntarily causing hurt), and (assault on a public servant).
Special public prosecutor KP Singh told ToI that the eyewitness statements of Arjun Patel, Hari Lal, Girish Kumar, and then inspector Manoj Shukla played a crucial role in leading to the conviction in the case. Singh added that a total of 32 witnesses were presented before the court during the trial.
The CBI had filed the FIR in the case in March , followed by a chargesheet in June of the same year.
"Overall, 12 individuals were chargesheeted in the case. The list included Babloo Yadav, the son of village pradhan Nanhe Yadav, whose killing had triggered the unrest. Babloo also died during the trial, while another suspect, Sudhir Yadav, was acquitted for lack of evidence," Singh said.
When the CBI took over the case, it registered separate cases for the murders of three persons, Zia-ul-Haq, Nanhe Yadav, and his brother Suresh Yadav. Th
I will not give up
Her fiery attitude has probably spurred on the gossip in the conservative village. Soon after her husband&#;s murder,Azad had lodged an FIR against then minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh,alias Raja Bhaiyya,for allegedly conspiring in the crime. She also refused to bury Haque&#;s body and staged a dharna in Zuafar till her demands were met,sending UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav to rush to the village. She handed him her letter of demands,which included the arrest of Raja Bhaiyya,a CBI probe into the murder and employment to needy persons of her family. In no time,Raja Bhaiyya resigned from the cabinet,and a CBI probe was ordered.
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Born to a schoolteacher from Khudaibari village in Siwan district of Bihar,Azad had a different upbringing from her husband. Her education was smooth,despite a a large family size four sisters and a brother. After a BSc (where?),she did her post-graduation in philosophy from Aligarh Muslim University,and later enrolled for Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) at Babu Banarasi Das University in Lucknow. Meanwhile,her father,Badruddin Azad,found a groom for her in Haque.
Haque,with his two elder sisters and a younger brother,spent his childhood in poverty. His father earned little as a helper at a restaurant in Mumbai,and yet managed to educate Haque at the village school,and then at a college in nearby town Khukhundu. When Haque enrolled for graduation at Allahabad University,he gave tuitions to fund his education. And when he was selected for the Provincial Police Service (PPS),he became a role model for Zuafar. And a groom fit for Azad.
The marriage was fixed by their parents. They never met each other,only saw each other&#;s photographs. The wedding took place on January 21,,at Azad&#;s home in a traditional ceremony. Within days of our marriage,we became friends and would talk to each other for long. Ours was not a traditional household. I was a student living as a
DSP widow sets an example
She is no ordinary woman — the praise from a senior bureaucrat aptly describes year-old Parveen Azad, wife of murdered deputy superintendent of police Zia-ul-Haq.
Despite her tender years and the tragedy three days ago, Azad was composed, dry eyed and used every bit of ingenuity to pursue justice.
Her accusing finger at Kunda legislator Raghuraj Pratap Singh set off a political storm that saw the minister out of office.
It also pushed chief minister Akhilesh Yadav to airdash to Deoria’s Juafar village to meet Azad and agree to recommend a CBI probe into the murder.
In front of the CM, she stood up for her eight-point charter of demands and even insisted that he sign it. And she enlisted the support of media to keep up the pressure on the government.
A couple of hours after her husband was buried on Monday, Azad was seen on television debating the deteriorating law and order in UP. Later, she was on television again, demanding the arrest of Singh.
Azad threatened self-immolation and hunger strike, and she argued her case with authority and emotion.
While pushing for her demands, Azad told the CM, “The police team with my husband deserted him in his hour of need. Imagine how it would be if your security deserts you.”
Azad’s fight appears all the more impressive considering her background. From a village in Bihar adjacent to Deoria, she has gone on to study medicine in Lucknow. She had married in January last year.
For now, she has won the first round. But the odds are stacked against her and the battle has only just begun.
UP cop murder: Cop's wife lists out eight demands for Akhilesh
Parveen Azad, wife of slain Uttar Pradesh DSP Zia Ul-haq, after insisting that the chief minister meet the family and assure it justice, put down a list of eight demands when Akhilesh Yadav met her yesterday.
A Hindustan Timesreport quoted her as telling Akhilesh, “I want a job for myself equivalent in stature to my slain husband’s. Also for two of my family members as Zia was the only earning member of our large family.”
Bowing to the demands of Azad, whose husband was killed by a mob in Pratapgarh late on Saturday, Akhilesh on Monday also ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the murder.
Azad and her husband, who were newly married, used to reportedly discuss the occupational hazards of being a policeman in UP. “My husband often used to discuss how insecure he felt, especially after his posting in Kunda where as you know who rules,” Azad told the CM, reportedHindustan Times.
The chief minister, with some officials, flew to Deoria and drove to the village of the deceased police official to offer floral tributes to the slain police official.
Addressing the media after interacting with the family of Haq, the chief minister announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs lakh to the family of the official and a government job for one family member. He also ordered a CBI investigation into the killing of Haq.
Azads demands also included a payment of Rs. 1 crore ex gratia to her and the family, a CBI inquiry into her husband’s murder, Raja Bhaiya’s arrest, security for her and the family and providing the postmortem examination report to them, reportedHindustan Times.
Akhilesh agreed to all of her demands. He said the government was shocked and saddened by the death of the police officer, and that no one found guilty of murder would be allowed to go scot-free.
“The government has acted and would further act tough on the perpetrators of the hei