Archive · 4 Oct 2026
Bhopal March Demands Justice After Divyarishi Tiwari’s Electrocution Death
Divyarishi Tiwari died after touching an electric pole near DB Mall in Bhopal.
He was a lawyer and a local youth political leader.
On Saturday, lawyers and young activists held a march with torches to ask for answers.
They took their request to a police station and gave officers a written memorandum.
Police have registered a negligence-related death case against unidentified people or an agency.
The protesters want two engineers named in the case to face a criminal investigation.
They also want an independent inquiry into claims that a hospital would not admit Tiwari.
The articles do not say that these allegations have been proven.
Lawyers and youth activists held a torchlight march on Saturday evening in Bhopal.
The march began near the accident site outside DB Mall and ended at MP Nagar police station.
Participants submitted a memorandum to police in-charge Jaihind Sharma seeking accountability.
Divyarishi Tiwari died on September 27 after contacting an electric pole outside the mall.
Protesters called for a criminal probe into two engineers and an independent inquiry into alleged hospital refusal.
- Who
- Lawyers and youth activists seeking accountability for Divyarishi Tiwari’s death.
- What
- They held a torchlight march and submitted a memorandum requesting investigations.
- When
- Saturday evening, starting around 6 pm; Tiwari died on September 27.
- Where
- Near DB Mall and at MP Nagar police station in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- They sought accountability for Tiwari’s electrocution death and investigations into alleged negligence and hospital refusal.
Protesters’ demands
Reported official status
Responsibility for the electrocution
Protesters’ demands
Protesters called for a criminal probe into suspended executive engineer Ashish Shrivastava and assistant engineer Sumit Singh, with their names added to the FIR.
Reported official status
Police had registered a negligence-related death case against unidentified persons or an agency after a preliminary investigation.
Hospital response
Protesters’ demands
The memorandum sought an independent inquiry into allegations that Narmada Trauma Centre refused to admit Tiwari and advised shifting him to AIIMS.
Reported official status
The report presents this as an allegation and gives no response from the hospital.
- Deceased
- Divyarishi Tiwari, an advocate and district general secretary of the BJP Yuva Morcha
- Death date
- September 27
- Reported location
- An electric pole in front of DB Mall, Bhopal
- March
- Torchlight march held Saturday evening; protesters gathered around 6 pm
- Police action
- A case of death due to negligence was registered against unidentified persons or an agency after a preliminary investigation
- Officials named by protesters
- Suspended executive engineer Ashish Shrivastava and assistant engineer Sumit Singh
- Additional demand
- Independent inquiry into allegations that Narmada Trauma Centre refused to admit Tiwari and advised transfer to AIIMS