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He and his colleague were on a UP police motorcycle when they were nearly crushed under the wheels of the car driven by Vivek Tiwari . Senior lawyers of Allahabad High Court who will be giving legal aide to Chaudhary will also be present,” said Pathak, who is currently posted in 37 PAC, Kanpur city.He added, “Constable Chaudhary of 2016 batch was on regular duty. Therefore, Chaudhary’s act was of one of self-defence and not of criminal intent. Agra: Constables of Uttar Pradesh police will observe October 5 as ‘black day’ in a bid to protest against the arrest and suspension of constable Prashant Chaudhary, the main accused of Apple employee Vivek Tiwari’s murder.The cops also threatened to go on an indefinite fast and strike work if charges against the accused constable are not dropped.Messages and post about the day are being widely shared among police personnel on Facebook and WhatsApp.The call for protest comes at a time when director general police OP Singh, in a statement, called the accused constable a “rogue in uniform” and said policemen like him must be served strictest of punishment.Responding to the matter, DGP office PRO Vivek Tripathi said, “Departmental action will be taken against men who are found in provoking colleagues in the department.”Speaking with TOI, general secretary of police non-gazetted employees welfare association, Uttar Pradesh, Avinash Prakash Pathak said, “We have asked all constables of UP police to gather in Allahabad and observe October 5 as ‘kala diwas’ in order to protest against the senior officers of the department for punished their men instead of supporting them.“On Friday, constables will wear black ribbons to protest against the arrest and suspension of Constable Prashant Chaudhary. The senior police officers without probing the matter took action against their man.”In the early hours of September 29, 38-year-old Tiwari, a general area manager of tech giant Apple, was allegedly shot dead by Chaudhary in Gomti Nagar sector-6 area of Lucknow.In support of the move to observe October 5 as black day, a group of constables posted pictures of themselves on WhatsApp and Facebook wearing black ribbons on their arms to express solidarity with accused constable Chaudhary, while in a few posts, policemen posted vicious comments and also uploaded videos condemning his arrest and suspension.In one such video, Constable Sarvesh Chaudhary of Etah police claimed, “Constables risk their lives on duty but the officer instead of backing his men, punishes them in their hard times.” Last year, Chaudhary in a Facebook post, complained to PM Modi about alleged harassment by senior officersThe call for protest comes at a time when director general police OP Singh, in a statement, called the accused constable a “rogue in uniform” and said policemen like him must be served strictest of punishment.Constable Brijendar Singh Yadav, national president of the Non-Gazetted Police Welfare Association UP, in his letter to the CM, threatened to go on indefinite fast if the charges against the accused constable are not dropped..