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By India Today News Desk: Hours after jailed gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead on camera in the presence of cops in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, opposition leaders trained their guns at the Yogi Adityanath government. Former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav said the killing of the duo in broad daylight showed that crime was at its peak in the populous state.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi also hit out at the Yogi Adityanath government and said ‘their murder is a perfect example of Yogi’s big failure of law and order’.
Three men have been taken into custody in connection with the murder of Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf. Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf were brought to Prayagraj for a court hearing.
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‘ATMOSPHERE OF FEAR BEING CREATED’
Taking to his Twitter handle, Akhilesh Yadav said, “Crime has reached its peak in UP and the morale of criminals is high. When someone can be killed by firing openly amidst the security cordon of the police, then what about the safety of the general public? Due to this, an atmosphere of fear is being created among the public. It seems that some people are deliberately creating such an atmosphere.”
On the other hand, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi said those celebrating encounter-raj are equally responsible for this murder.
“Atiq and his brother were killed while in police custody and were handcuffed. Slogans of JSR were also raised. Their murder is a perfect example of Yogi’s big failure of law & order. Those celebrating encounter-raj are equally responsible for this murder,” Owaisi said in a tweet.
“In a society where murderers are celebrated, what’s the use of a criminal justice system?”, he questioned.
Following the murder of Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf on Saturday night, AIMIM leader Waris Pathan tweeted (in Hindi), “Murder of court, law, Constitution! All the courts should be closed in Uttar Pradesh.”
The shooting that occurred around 10 pm was caught on camera as mediapersons were following the handcuffed duo, who were being taken to the hospital by police for a medical checkup. The incident happened just two days after Ahmad’s son Asad was gunned down in a police encounter in Jhansi. Asad’s last rites were performed here earlier in the day.
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Atiq Ahmed was recently convicted in the kidnapping case of Umesh Pal. He was also an accused in the Umesh Pal murder case.
Umesh Pal, a key witness in the murder case of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Raju Pal, and his two police security guards were shot dead outside his Dhoomanganj residence here on February 24.
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