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  • Assailants had media Id card, video camera, microphone: UP cops on Atiq’s murder

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: The three assailants who killed gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf posed as journalists, carrying video cameras, mike and media identity cards, the Uttar Pradesh Police said on Sunday.

    According to the statement issued by Special DG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar, the attackers used made-in-Turkiye pistols and fired indiscriminately from point-blank range on the two brothers.

    The statement identified the three accused as Sunny (23) from Hamirpur, Lavlesh Tiwari (22) from Banda, and Arun Kumar Maurya (18) from Kashganj.

    “At about 10.30 pm both Atiq and Ashraf were being taken for a health examination at Motilal Nehru Regional Hospital in the Shahganj area, where media persons were persistently trying to take bite of the two,” the Special DG (Law and Order) said in the statement.

    “The media persons were breaking the security cordon to reach the accused (Atiq Ahmad and Ashraf) for taking their bites. In this sequence, both Atiq and Ashraf were giving bites to the media and they were escorted (by the police). Meanwhile, from the crowd of media, three media persons with a video camera, mike and media Id reached them and started firing indiscriminately,” he said.

    The two brothers got injured and fell on the ground instantly, he said, adding they were taken to the hospital where they were declared dead.

    ALSO READ: I’ll be found dead by the roadside: Atiq’s premonition came true

    Constable Maan Singh has sustained a firearm injury, the police statement issued this evening said, adding some media persons also got injured due to the “stampede” following the firing.

    The injured policeman has been also sent for treatment. The three attackers were caught by the policemen using necessary force, the statement said.

    According to information gathered till now, Sunny is a professional criminal and a history-sheeter and has 14 criminal cases including that of murder, loot, narcotics transport, and attempt to murder pending against him in Hamirpur, Kumar said.

    Tiwari faces cases of selling illicit liquor, manhandling and harassing women at the City and Beberu police stations in Banda, he said, adding cases under Information Technology Act were also registered against him. Maurya’s criminal history is being traced, he said.

    ALSO READ: Kin of Atiq killers disown them

    The statement said police have recovered three firearms including a countrymade A-30 pistol (7.62), a made-in-Turkiye nine-mm Girsan pistol, and a 9-mm Zigana Pistol, also made in Turkiye, it said.

    An FIR has been registered in this case at Shahganj police station and a probe is underway.

    A report on the entire incident has been sent to the National Human Rights Commission and the State Human Rights Commission.

    A three-member judicial commission has been constituted by the government that will submit its report within two months.

    The commission is headed by HC Justice (retired) Arvind Kumar Tripathi, while ex-DGP Subesh Kumar Singh and former district Judge Brijesh Kumar Soni are its members.

    Both Atiq and Ashraf were brought to Prayagraj from Gujarat and Bareilly prisons for interrogation in connection with the killing of Umesh Pal and his two police security guards.

    ALSO READ: ‘Jungle Raj’, ‘mafia raj’, anarchy: Opposition slams BJP over Atiq’s killing

    LUCKNOW: The three assailants who killed gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf posed as journalists, carrying video cameras, mike and media identity cards, the Uttar Pradesh Police said on Sunday.

    According to the statement issued by Special DG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar, the attackers used made-in-Turkiye pistols and fired indiscriminately from point-blank range on the two brothers.

    The statement identified the three accused as Sunny (23) from Hamirpur, Lavlesh Tiwari (22) from Banda, and Arun Kumar Maurya (18) from Kashganj.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    “At about 10.30 pm both Atiq and Ashraf were being taken for a health examination at Motilal Nehru Regional Hospital in the Shahganj area, where media persons were persistently trying to take bite of the two,” the Special DG (Law and Order) said in the statement.

    “The media persons were breaking the security cordon to reach the accused (Atiq Ahmad and Ashraf) for taking their bites. In this sequence, both Atiq and Ashraf were giving bites to the media and they were escorted (by the police). Meanwhile, from the crowd of media, three media persons with a video camera, mike and media Id reached them and started firing indiscriminately,” he said.

    The two brothers got injured and fell on the ground instantly, he said, adding they were taken to the hospital where they were declared dead.

    ALSO READ: I’ll be found dead by the roadside: Atiq’s premonition came true

    Constable Maan Singh has sustained a firearm injury, the police statement issued this evening said, adding some media persons also got injured due to the “stampede” following the firing.

    The injured policeman has been also sent for treatment. The three attackers were caught by the policemen using necessary force, the statement said.

    According to information gathered till now, Sunny is a professional criminal and a history-sheeter and has 14 criminal cases including that of murder, loot, narcotics transport, and attempt to murder pending against him in Hamirpur, Kumar said.

    Tiwari faces cases of selling illicit liquor, manhandling and harassing women at the City and Beberu police stations in Banda, he said, adding cases under Information Technology Act were also registered against him. Maurya’s criminal history is being traced, he said.

    ALSO READ: Kin of Atiq killers disown them

    The statement said police have recovered three firearms including a countrymade A-30 pistol (7.62), a made-in-Turkiye nine-mm Girsan pistol, and a 9-mm Zigana Pistol, also made in Turkiye, it said.

    An FIR has been registered in this case at Shahganj police station and a probe is underway.

    A report on the entire incident has been sent to the National Human Rights Commission and the State Human Rights Commission.

    A three-member judicial commission has been constituted by the government that will submit its report within two months.

    The commission is headed by HC Justice (retired) Arvind Kumar Tripathi, while ex-DGP Subesh Kumar Singh and former district Judge Brijesh Kumar Soni are its members.

    Both Atiq and Ashraf were brought to Prayagraj from Gujarat and Bareilly prisons for interrogation in connection with the killing of Umesh Pal and his two police security guards.

    ALSO READ: ‘Jungle Raj’, ‘mafia raj’, anarchy: Opposition slams BJP over Atiq’s killing

  • UP: Atiq Ahmad’s brother arrested for sheltering Umesh Pal’s killers

    By PTI

    MEERUT: Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force (STF) has arrested the brother-in-law of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad for sheltering and providing money to the killers of Umesh Pal — the key witness in the murder case of BSP MLA Raju Pal.

    Akhlaq Ahmad, a government doctor, was arrested from Nauchandi area here by an STF team on Saturday night and taken to Prayagraj, said Superintendent of Police, STF, Brijesh Singh.

    Umesh Pal and his police security guards Sandeep Nishad and Raghvendra Singh were shot dead on February 24 outside his home in Prayagraj’s Dhoomanganj.

    Based on a complaint lodged by Umesh Pal’s wife Jaya Pal, a case was registered at Dhoomanganj police station against Atiq Ahmad, his brother Ashraf, wife Shaista Parveen, two sons, aides Guddu Muslim and Ghulam, and nine others.

    Akhlaq Ahmad, posted at the Abdullapur Community Health Centre, not only provided shelter to the killers of Umesh Pal but also money when they reached Meerut after the murder, sources said.

    On March 28, an MP-MLA court in Prayagraj held Atiq Ahmad and two others guilty in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case and sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment for life.

    Ashraf and six others were acquitted by the court.

    This is Atiq Ahmad’s first conviction even though more than 100 cases were registered against the former Samajwadi Party MP over the years.

    MEERUT: Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force (STF) has arrested the brother-in-law of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad for sheltering and providing money to the killers of Umesh Pal — the key witness in the murder case of BSP MLA Raju Pal.

    Akhlaq Ahmad, a government doctor, was arrested from Nauchandi area here by an STF team on Saturday night and taken to Prayagraj, said Superintendent of Police, STF, Brijesh Singh.

    Umesh Pal and his police security guards Sandeep Nishad and Raghvendra Singh were shot dead on February 24 outside his home in Prayagraj’s Dhoomanganj.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    Based on a complaint lodged by Umesh Pal’s wife Jaya Pal, a case was registered at Dhoomanganj police station against Atiq Ahmad, his brother Ashraf, wife Shaista Parveen, two sons, aides Guddu Muslim and Ghulam, and nine others.

    Akhlaq Ahmad, posted at the Abdullapur Community Health Centre, not only provided shelter to the killers of Umesh Pal but also money when they reached Meerut after the murder, sources said.

    On March 28, an MP-MLA court in Prayagraj held Atiq Ahmad and two others guilty in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case and sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment for life.

    Ashraf and six others were acquitted by the court.

    This is Atiq Ahmad’s first conviction even though more than 100 cases were registered against the former Samajwadi Party MP over the years.

  • Atiq Ahmed’s brother Ashraf brought to Naini Jail in UP’s Prayagraj

    By PTI

    PRAYAGRAJ: Gangster-politician Khalid Azim alias Ashraf was brought to the Naini Central Jail in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh Monday evening amid tight security arrangements, hours after his brother Atiq Ahmed was escorted to the prison from Gujarat.

    Ashraf and Atiq will be produced before a court on Tuesday, when it is likely to pass an order in a 17-year-old kidnapping case against them.

    Ashraf, lodged in the Bareilly District Jail since July 2020, was brought to the Naini Central Jail Monday evening amid tight security arrangements, officials said.

    A police team accompanying him left Bareilly for Prayagraj Monday morning. Atiq Ahmed was brought to the jail in Prayagraj from a prison in Gujarat.

    The police cavalcade bringing him reached the Naini Jail at 5.30 pm on Monday.

    The brothers are named in several criminal cases, including the recent Umesh Pal murder case, police said.

    PRAYAGRAJ: Gangster-politician Khalid Azim alias Ashraf was brought to the Naini Central Jail in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh Monday evening amid tight security arrangements, hours after his brother Atiq Ahmed was escorted to the prison from Gujarat.

    Ashraf and Atiq will be produced before a court on Tuesday, when it is likely to pass an order in a 17-year-old kidnapping case against them.

    Ashraf, lodged in the Bareilly District Jail since July 2020, was brought to the Naini Central Jail Monday evening amid tight security arrangements, officials said.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    A police team accompanying him left Bareilly for Prayagraj Monday morning. Atiq Ahmed was brought to the jail in Prayagraj from a prison in Gujarat.

    The police cavalcade bringing him reached the Naini Jail at 5.30 pm on Monday.

    The brothers are named in several criminal cases, including the recent Umesh Pal murder case, police said.