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3 out of 7 FIR under Dalit atrocities filed against Manoj Tiwari (Img: Dynamite News)
Lucknow: Investigative reporters from Dynamite News investigated the criminal background of Manoj Tiwari s/o Lal Bahadur Tiwari, a resident of Village Singhpur, Auratar under Nichlaul Police Station in Maharajganj District, who has been a subject of intense discussion in the district for the past five days—and uncovered three FIR documents that raise several serious questions. While the complainants and the locations of the incidents differ across these three cases, they share a common thread: the oppression of Dalits.
According to the documents, three separate cases were registered against Manoj Tiwari between October 2023 and March 2024 under various sections of the law, including the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. In all three instances, the police registered FIRs and initiated investigations.
On October 28, 2023, FIR No. 444/2023 was registered at the Kothibhar Police Station. The complainant, Munna Prasad, alleged that while work was in progress, Manoj Tiwari publicly humiliated and threatened him using casteist slurs. This case invoked Sections 3(1)(d) and 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST Act, alongside Sections 504 and 506 of the IPC.
In FIR No. 466/2023, registered at the Ghughli Police Station on October 31, 2023, Rama Prasad alleged that Manoj Tiwari demanded a commission during construction work; when Prasad objected, Tiwari allegedly hurled casteist abuses and threatened to kill him. This case also involved Sections 3(1)(d) and 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST Act, along with IPC Sections 504 and 506.
FIR No. 92/2024, registered at the Kothibhar Police Station on March 5, 2024, is of a particularly serious nature. The complainant, Rama, alleged that certain individuals, claiming to be employees of the Revenue Department, attempted to get him to sign a settlement document. When the victim objected, Manoj Tiwari and others allegedly barged into the house, assaulted the victim, hurled casteist slurs, and vandalized property; later, they intercepted the victim on the road and threatened to kill him. Charges under several serious sections of the IPC—including 420, 452, 427, and 147—as well as sections 3(1)(d) and 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST Act were registered in this case.
An examination of records available with Dynamite News reveals three significant commonalities:
1. Manoj Tiwari is named as the accused in all three cases.
2. Sections of the SC/ST Act have been invoked in all three cases.
3. The complainants have alleged casteist insults, intimidation, and coercion; the third case additionally involves allegations of fraud, trespassing, assault, and vandalism.
These three FIRs, filed by different individuals within a span of a few months, have raised several questions. Is it merely a coincidence that the same person is the accused in all three cases? Did investigative agencies explore any potential link or pattern connecting these cases? Dynamite News uncovered a startling detail: in all three FIRs, Manoj Tiwari—fearing imprisonment—apologized to the complainants and reached a settlement. Although the police may have filed a Final Report (FR) in these cases, the incidents shed light on the criminal history of Manoj Tiwari, who appears to be a habitual offender.
Following the report published by Dynamite News, locals are demanding a reinvestigation into these three FIRs concerning Dalit harassment, so that the accused, Manoj Tiwari, can be punished in accordance with his crimes.
Even though Final Reports (FRs) were filed in the three cases of Dalit harassment, Dynamite News is bringing you the full criminal dossier of this habitual offender. Previous investigations by Dynamite News have already brought to light several cases linked to Manoj Tiwari's criminal background. According to available records, at least four such cases have been registered against him at various police stations, for which the police have already filed charge sheets in court.
These include Case Crime No. 335/2023, registered in 2023 at the Kotwali Sadar police station based on a complaint by the then Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) and Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Pushp Kumar; charges under IPC Sections 120-B, 353, 384, 500, and 506 were invoked, covering offenses such as obstruction of public duty, alleged extortion, and criminal intimidation. Additionally, in 2021, Case Crime No. 369/2021 was registered at Kotwali Sadar under IPC Sections 352, 353, and 504 following a complaint by Shivendra Johri, the Camp Branch In-charge of the Sohagi Barwa Wildlife Division.
Furthermore, at the Nichlaul police station, a case (Crime No. 437/2021) was registered under IPC Sections 323, 504, and 506 based on a complaint by Naveen Upadhyay, while another case (Crime No. 220/2020) was registered under IPC Sections 188, 269, 270, 323, 504, and 506, as well as the Epidemic Diseases Act, following a complaint by Mohan Singh. According to documents available to Dynamite News, the police have filed charge sheets in all four instances, and the cases are currently pending trial in court.
Just consider the extent to which the accused, Manoj Tiwari, is a habitual offender. The cases involving extremely serious charges have been registered against him at four different police stations—Kotwali, Nichlaul, Ghughuli, and Kothibhar—within the Maharajganj district alone. This implies that he is openly committing crimes while hoodwinking the law, all while the police remain mere mute spectators.
The allegations raise concerns that Manoj Tiwari may have repeatedly evaded legal consequences, even as multiple cases were registered against him, raising questions about the police action.
