Atiq ahmed murder

Gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother, flanked by several policemen, were interacting with reporters when a hand appeared out of nowhere and shot the two in the head in Uttar Pradesh. The men, who were handcuffed, collapsed right there, showed a video from the scene. The men were being taken for a hospital check-up when they were attacked. The murder, that was caught on camera, comes just days after Atiq Ahmed's son was killed in a police encounter. The three killers were immediately overpowered and caught by the police after they shot Ahmed and his brother, said cops. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has constituted a three-member judicial commission to investigate the matter. A former politician, about 100 cases, including kidnapping and murder, were filed against Atiq Ahmed. A police team from Uttar Pradesh brought Ahmed, who was in the high-security Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, to Prayagraj on March 26 to produce him in a court in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case. On March 28, the court sentenced Ahmed and two others to life imprisonment in the kidnapping case. Ahmed moved the Supreme Court for protection, claiming that he and his family have been falsely implicated in the Umesh Pal murder case and he may be killed in a fake encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Police.

Since the murder of lawyer A man opens fire at gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf Ahmad as they are being taken for a medical checkup in Prayagraj on Saturday, (PTI) Umesh Pal, a key witness in the murder case of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Follow Live Updates on Atiq Ahmad, Ashraf killings While Shaista Parveen is on the run and carries a reward of ₹50,000, her two sons Umar and Ali are in jail under police surveillance at the Children Protection Home. Watch: Atiq Ahmed's killers caught chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' on cam after murder; Posed as media Arbaz, reportedly the driver of the killers' vehicle on February 24, was killed in an encounter on February 27 in Prayagraj. Usman was killed on March 6 in another alleged encounter in Prayagraj while Atiq, a former Samajwadi Party MP, and his brother were brought in Prayagraj from Gujarat's Sabarmati jail for a court hearing in connection with the Umesh Pal murder case and were remanded in police custody. Also Read: Yogi Adityanath's instructions after Atiq Ahmad, Ashraf shot dead. 10 updates The last rites of Asad were performed at the Kasari Masari graveyard Prayagraj on Saturday amid heavy police security, with only a few distant relatives and locals present inside the burial ground. VIDEO: Moment when Atiq Ahmad, Ashraf killed in Prayagraj Incidentally, Atiq and Ashraf were being questioned by the Uttar Pradesh Police at the Dhoomanganj police station, around 3 km from the burial venue. Atiq's aide...

Asad Ahmad encounter live updates: Political slugfest over Asad Ahmad encounter reflects parties''poll position' in UP Asad Ahmad News Live Updates: Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad's son Asad and an accomplice, both wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, were killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police in Jhansi on Thursday, officials said. "Asad and Ghulam were wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case of Prayagraj and were carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh each. They were killed in an encounter with an UP STF team," said Special Director General (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar. Stay with TOI for live updates- Read Less t took 50 days of meticulous planning, random verification of over 10,000 phone calls, thousands of kilometres of travel across four states to conduct innumerable searches before Atiq's son Asad and his aide Ghulam Mohammed came face to face with the STF sleuths in Jhansi on Thursday afternoon. The exchange of fire that followed ended in Asad and Ghulam Mohammed being killed. With the killing of Atiq Ahmed's son Asad and his aide Ghulam, wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, in an encounter with UP Special Task Force in Jhansi on Thursday, a plan was foiled to help the jailed gangster to escape, Uttar Pradesh Police said. State's Special Director General (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar revealed that teams of civil police and special forces were deployed following the intelligence inputs of a plan by Asad of planning to free his father Atiq Ahmed by attack...

Shillong, April 16: Gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were killed in full public view by three gunmen after which the trio raised ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans near the dead bodies and were arrested by the police. On Saturday night, while being escorted by police to a medical college in Prayagraj for a checkup, Atiq and Ashraf were shot dead at point blank range by the three accused posing as journalists. The identity of the three persons who killed Atiq and Ashraf has been revealed. Their names are Arun Maurya, Lavlesh Tiwari, and Sunny who were apprehended after the killing of Atiq and Ashraf. However, no official declaration regarding their identities has been made by the police as of now. Sunny lives in the Hamirpur district, Lavlesh Tiwari is from the Banda village of Kotwali, and Arun Maurya is from the hamlet of Baghela Pukhta, which is within the boundaries of the Kasganj police station. The Hamirpur district has 17 criminal cases pending against Sunny. He attended Lucknow University but left after the first year of his B.A. Three years ago, he was imprisoned for harassing a woman. According to Lavlesh Tiwari’s Facebook profile he is a Bajrang Dal leader. He claims to be the Bajrang Dal’s Zila Sah Pramukh. Arun Maurya’s father and mother have passed away, and his uncle and aunt reside in a village in the Kasganj district. 15 years ago, Arun Maurya, alias Kalia, left his village and hasn’t been back since. His family and uncle Megh Singh Maurya live in the village...

The Ahmeds, members of India’s Muslim minority, were killed amid a huddle of reporters asking questions. Police moved swiftly to restrain the apparent assailants, including at least one who was chanting “Jai Shri Ram,” or “Hail Lord Ram” — a religious phrase that has become a Hindu nationalist slogan, sometimes heard in crowds carrying out attacks on Muslims. A police official told the Guardian that three suspects were carrying camera equipment, a microphone with a network logo and fake press badges. “The average person on the street understands that all of the steps in this kind of rule-of-law supply chain are deeply compromised in a fundamental way,” he said. There are police who are often corrupt, prosecutors who are under-resourced, and a justice process that is delayed — meaning many suspected criminals never actually get convicted of crimes they’ve committed, he added. “These sorts of killings then become shortcuts,” said Vaishnav. “They become widely accepted as part and parcel of a kind of modern policing.” And, he added, the ruling government — which has sometimes celebrated vigilante justice — has been able to sell these killings under the premise that “Well, ultimately we are getting the outcome we want.” Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, has developed a notorious reputation for gangland violence as well as a long history of extrajudicial vigilante violence carried out by local authorities. Under the rule of Yogi Adityanath, the state’s right-wing Hind...