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.
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.
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.
Atiq Ahmed’s minor sons attended burial at Kasari Masari graveyard in Prayagraj but his wife Shaista Parveen, wanted in Umesh Pal murder case, did not show up.
Assailants in Atiq Ahmed & Ashraf incident, Sunny Singh has 14 prior cases against him, Lavlesh Tiwari claims to be Bajrang Dal member & Arun Maurya is the son of a golgappa seller.
FIR says assailants told interrogators they couldn't escape owing to their failure to assess police presence outside hospital in Prayagraj where they shot Atiq Ahmed & Ashraf.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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