U'khand: Gangster dies of gunshot wounds; family alleges police connivance to grab property
Haridwar (PTI): Gangster Vinay Tyagi succumbed to bullet wounds here in a hospital on Saturday, three days after he was shot at while being taken to a court by the police, authorities said.
His family accused the police of being complicit in his killing and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the death.
Police said Tyagi was being taken from Roorkee jail to Laksar court for a hearing on Wednesday, when two bikers allegedly opened fire at the police vehicle near the Laksar flyover, and shot Tyagi.
Two policemen were also injured in the shootout, they said.
According to the police, Tyagi, a member of the notorious Sunil Rathi gang, sustained three bullet wounds and was admitted to the AIIMS-Rishikesh in a critical condition, and died Saturday morning.
Police arrested both attackers on Thursday and extracted a confession, according to which they killed Tyagi out of a personal rivalry.
Haridwar Senior Superintendent of Police Pramendra Singh Dobhal identified the attackers as Sunny Yadav and Ajay and said they both have been booked for murder after Tyagi's death.
Tyagi's sister, Seema Tyagi, present at AIIMS-Rishikesh, alleged that his death was due to deliberate negligence in treatment to suppress the "truth."
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Seema said that her sister-in-law's life is also in danger and demanded that their family be provided security and a CBI inquiry be conducted into the entire matter.
She said Tyagi, while he was in the hospital, had expressed suspicions of a conspiracy and alleged police complicity in the affair.
She said he named a doctor and a prominent contractor from Dehradun, accusing them of hatching the conspiracy to seize his properties worth crores.
"First, these two sent Vinay to jail on false charges. After that, they held Vinay's wife hostage for two days and released her only after forcing her to transfer the ownership of land worth crores of rupees to their names," Seema told reporters.
The Tyagi Mahasabha also termed the gangster's death suspicious and said it was a murder committed with the connivance of the police.
Praveen Tyagi, an office-bearer of the Mahasabha, alleged, "The police got the criminals to kill Tyagi to avoid a police encounter."
Vinay Tyagi, a native of Khaikhedi village in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, had a long criminal history, with alleged involvement in 57 serious criminal cases, including murder, attempted murder, extortion, robbery, theft, and fraud, filed in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
His wife has been the head of the Purkazi block in UP's Muzaffarnagar district twice, and once contested election as an Independent candidate from the state's Deoband Assembly constituency.
Sources familiar with the matter said that Tyagi had amassed immense wealth from criminal proceeds, and he owned benami properties worth crores in Delhi, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, and other places.
According to the police investigation, one of the two criminals who allegedly shot Vinay Tyagi in Laksar, Sunny Yadav, earlier worked for him.
Yadav is a murder convict and was out on parole at the time of the shooting.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
