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Last Updated: April 16, 2023, 00:44 IST
Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad was in police custody in connection with the Umesh Pal murder case.(File photo/PTI)
The bullet-riddled bodies of Ahmad and Ashraf were taken away from the spot as tension gripped the area after the sensational killing
Several Opposition leaders on Saturday night launched a scathing attack on the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government soon after the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf by three shooters near a medical college in Prayagraj.
The shooting was caught on camera as media persons were following the duo being escorted to the hospital by the police for a medical checkup. Three persons were seen firing from close range at Ahmed and his brother who fell to the ground, while the police soon overpowered the attackers.
Taking to Twitter, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi raised questions over law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh.
“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 and order. Those celebrating encounter-raj are equally responsible for this murder,” Owaisi tweeted.
Echoing the similar sentiments, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said crime has reached its peak in the state. “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,” Yadav tweeted in Hindi.
Meanwhile, in a cryptic tweet, UP Minister Swatantra Dev Singh said, “Sin and virtue are accounted for in this birth…”
पाप-पुण्य का हिसाब इसी जन्म में होता है…— Swatantra Dev Singh (@swatantrabjp) April 15, 2023
Another UP minister and BJP leader Suresh Kumar Khanna said, “When crime reaches its peak…it is the decision of nature…”
The bullet-riddled bodies of Ahmad and Ashraf were taken away from the spot as tension gripped the area after the sensational killing.
Both of them had been brought here for a court hearing in connection with the Umesh Pal murder case.
Ahmad’s son Asad and an accomplice were killed in a police encounter in Jhansi on April 13. Their last rites were conducted earlier in the day.
(with inputs from PTI)
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