New Delhi: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday termed the encounter killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad as “fake” and said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government was trying to divert attention from real issues. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister also said on his official Twitter account that the BJP has “no faith” in the court and demanded that today’s and recent encounters should be thoroughly probed.
In a tweet in Hindi, Akhilesh Yadav said, “The BJP government is trying to divert attention from the real issues by creating fake encounters. BJP has no faith in the court. Today’s and recent encounters should also be thoroughly investigated.” And the guilty should not be spared. Power does not have the right to decide what is right or wrong. BJP is against brotherhood.
By doing false encounters, the BJP government is trying to divert attention from the real issues. The BJP does not believe in the court at all. Today’s and recent encounters should also be thoroughly investigated and the culprits should not be spared. Power does not have the right to decide what is right or wrong.
BJP is against brotherhood. — Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) April 13, 2023
His remarks came hours after the arrest of Asad Ahmed and his accomplice Ghulam, wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case. Killed in encounter with Uttar Pradesh Police in Jhansi,
They were trying to flee on a motorcycle when they were intercepted by an STF team in Jhansi, officials said, adding that they opened fire on the personnel and were killed in retaliatory firing.
After the murder of Umesh Pal in Prayagraj, Asad and Ghulam were absconding with a reward of five lakh rupees each.
Asad and Ghulam Umesh Pal were wanted in the murder case and both had a reward of five lakh rupees each. Special ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar says that foreign-made weapons have been recovered from the accused. (File photo: 1. Assad, 2. Ghulam) pic.twitter.com/0mbrD9vAuD– Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 13, 2023
Special Director General (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said, “Sophisticated foreign weapons have been recovered from the accused.”
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Umesh Pal, a key witness in the 2005 murder case of the then BSP MLA Raju Pal, and his two police security guards were shot dead outside his house in Prayagraj’s Dhumanganj area on February 24 this year.
His wife Jaya Pal had filed a case against Atiq Ahmed, his brother Ashraf, Asad, Ghulam and others on February 25.
was murdered in broad daylight on a busy street Raised questions on the law and order of Uttar Pradesh And Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had taken a pledge in the state assembly that he would ‘destroy’ the mafia in the state.
Umesh Pal murder case: Atiq Ahmed sent to 14-day judicial custody
Asad’s encounter took place on the day when Atif Ahmed was presented in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Prayagraj in the Umesh Pal murder case. Sent to 14 days judicial custody,
Ateeq and his brother Ashraf, who were also sent to 14-day judicial custody, were produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate Dinesh Gautam at 11.10 am amid heavy security and argued for over two hours. Be in court.
Advocate Vikram Singh, counsel for Umesh Pal’s wife Jaya, said that Ahmed and Ashraf alias Khalid Azim will be kept in Prayagraj’s Naini Jail till April 26.
Singh said that the arguments on his application for police custody are yet to be completed.
Ahmed, a 60-year-old former SP MLA, was brought from Gujarat’s Sabarmati Jail and Ashraf from Bareilly Jail for Thursday’s court hearing.
This was the second time within a month that Ahmed was brought by road from Gujarat jail to Prayagraj for a court hearing.
Earlier on March 28, an MP-MLA court had convicted Ahmed and two others in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case and sentenced them to life imprisonment.