Atiq Ahmed was allegedly killed last week by 3 men posing as journalists. However, 4 others accused in Umesh Pal murder have been killed in alleged police encounters.
Special Investigation Team had sought 7 days' custody, it is learnt. While a ‘western UP gang connection’ is being probed, more details expected when accused are interrogated in custody.
Exceptions that might be justified in the small wars of Punjab, Kashmir have become part of the normal fabric of policing. The emergency has become the everyday.
National Crime Records Bureau data shows number of cases under Arms Act in UP about 16 per lakh, 3 times over national average (5.4), while kidnapping cases & violent crimes have gone down.
The ‘high-end’ Turkish weapons used in killing of Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf are rarely available in India and are used only by few ganglords of Delhi, Punjab and western UP.
From SP's Akhilesh to AIMIM chief Owaisi & TMC's Mahua Moitra, several oppn leaders have spoken out against the killings. They have called for SC intervention & Adityanath's resignation.
Opposition politicians and the Left and liberal intelligentsia have raised concerns about the killing of Atiq Ahmed, but it's unlikely that Yogi will be losing sleep over it.
Public support for mafia slaying is not surprising, as it is considered a cathartic response. No police officer would be expected to mourn mafia deaths either.
The brothers were buried at Prayagraj's Kasari Masari graveyard in accordance with Muslim rites amid high security with huge crowds jostling to gain entry to the grounds.
Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed was gunned down in Prayagraj Saturday. Former senior UP cops told ThePrint how 'witnesses turning hostile' made it difficult to pin him in the past.
By raising the now-disputed age ceiling purportedly fixed by PM Modi in 2014 and wading into the succession debate, the AAP’s national convenor is seeking to kill five birds with one stone.
Indians aged 20-30 are trading in options market in droves, but know nothing about it & so keep losing money. If losses mount, it could undo gains India saw in investment culture, analysts fear.
Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.
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