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.
The three assailants were 'small time criminals' & checked into lodge in Prayagraj 48 hours before attacking Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, ThePrint has learnt.
Recalling fatal attack on Atiq Ahmed & brother Ashraf, eyewitnesses say the three assailants didn't run after opening indiscriminate fire and instead surrendered to the police.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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