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.
Umesh Pal's murder in February this year brought Atiq Ahmed under UP government lens again. He was also convicted for the first time in Pal's abduction case.
Atiq Ahmed, the gangster-turned-politician who was first convicted only last month, despite 130-odd cases against him, was gunned down late Saturday night.
UP Police told court Ahmed in statement admitted to links with ISI & Lashkar and explained how Umesh Pal murder was 'plotted in jail'. Lawyers say 'police version' not admissible in court.
While ADG STF, Amitabh Yash, confirmed the deaths of Ahmed's son, Asad, & his 'accomplice', Ghulam, he did not reveal details of the circumstances leading to the encounter.
Gangster-turned politician Atiq Ahmed is watching the Adityanath govt seize his legal and illegal benami properties across UP and hand them back to citizens.
Abduction case is based on a complaint by Umesh Pal, a key witness in BSP MLA Raju Pal’s killing who was himself murdered in February this year. Ahmed is an accused in both cases.
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