Atiq Ahmad Live updates: Gangster Atiq buried in same graveyard as son Asad; 3 assailants sent to 14-day remand

“Jo ho gaya uski kya baat karna … ab aage ki baat karo (There is no point talking about what has happened, better to see what is to follow),” said gangster Atiq Ahmed’s brother Khalid Azeem alias Ashraf when asked by the police officers about his and Atiq’s role in Umesh Pal murder case. This conversation took place barely two hours before Atiq’s son Asad and aide Ghulam Mohammed were killed in an encounter at Jhansi, a senior official privy to the probe confirmed.

“Encounter hoga. Ya police maari, ya koi apni biradari ka sirfira. Sadak ke kinare pade milab (I will be killed in an encounter by either police or someone from the criminals’ tribe) — slain don Atiq Ahmed had said way back in 2004 to this correspondent during his campaign trail for Lok Sabha election, which he had successfully contested from Phulpur constituency.

The three assailants who shot dead Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf in cold blood and then surrendered before the police showed that the three were no laymen in crime world.

In a shocking turn of events, mafioso-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on Saturday. Moments ahead of their killing, both criminals, who were accused in the Umesh Pal murder case, were speaking to the media while being taken for a medical and their murder was captured on camera.

The deceased mafioso-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed had more than 100 First Information Reports (FIR) and brother Ashraf had more than 57 FIRs against Ashraf, a police official informed on Sunday. Days after Atiq Ahmed's son Asad was killed in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi, the mafia-turned-politician and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were killed on Saturday while being taken for a medical in Prayagraj.

"CM has also appealed to people not to pay any attention to rumours. Strict action will be taken against those who spread rumours," the official statement mentioned.

Jailed gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead at point-blank range by two assailants posing as TV reporters while they were being escorted to a hospital in Prayagraj for a mandatory medical examination under heavy security cover on Saturday night.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a late-night meeting instructed the state police officers to be on high alert and ensure law and order are maintained across the state after mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and brother Ashraf were shot dead in Prayagraj.

"Nobody is sympathising with Atiq Ahmad because a criminal should be punished. But anyone who will see this video will question if we are a democracy. Every criminal has the right to be heard in court and be convicted there. But you can see they were killed in police custody in the open," he said.

Opposition leaders on Saturday questioned the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh and demanded that the state government be dismissed after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in Prayagraj. The "cold-blooded" killings are the "height of anarchy" in Uttar Pradesh, BSP MP Danish Ali claimed. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said crime has reached its peak in Uttar Pradesh and criminals are unfazed. Ahmad (60) and Ashraf were shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as journalists in the middle of a media interaction on Saturday night while police personnel were escorting them to a medical college here for a check-up.

Pal was murdered in board daylight on February 24.

Mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were shot dead live on camera while being taken for medical check-up in Prayagraj in presence of police on Saturday, following which Section 144 of CrPC was imposed across Uttar Pradesh.

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