A 30-year-old youth was arrested for sharing a provocative remark about the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed over social media in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district, a police official said on Wednesday.
Days after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were killed while in police custody in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said if ruling forces inculcate the habit of ignoring the Constitution and law, the country will
"All three shooters, Arun Maurya, Sunny Singh and Lovelesh Tiwari, are under threat of attack behind bars, owing to which they have been shifted to a high-security cell and are kept under CCTV surveillance," official sources said.
Claiming that the state was infamous for riots earlier, the CM said, "Between 2012 and 2017, more than 700 riots took place in Uttar Pradesh. However, from 2017 till 2023, not a single riot has happened in UP and neither has curfew been imposed in the state."
While talking to ANI, Tejashwi Yadav said, "I have no sympathies for criminals. There are laws and Constitution to eliminate crime. Even the assassins of a PM were made to undergo trial and they were punished."
"All three shooters, Arun Maurya, Sunny Singh and Lovelesh Tiwari, are under threat of attack behind bars, owing to which they have been shifted to a high-security cell," official sources said.
A three-member judicial enquiry committee pertaining to the murder of Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed has been constituted which will give a detailed report to the Uttar Pradesh government in two months, said an official notification issued by the home department on Sunday.
Security has been deployed outside the residence of Umesh Pal in Prayagraj after the mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in full media glare on Saturday night.
"The country is watching what is happening in Uttar Pradesh. Such incidents can happen with anyone if there is no rule of law," Rajasthan CM Gehlot said on the killings of Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf Ahmed on Saturday.
Taking cognisance of the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj last night, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to prepare Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the safety and security of journalists, top sources
The three assailants, who were arrested after shooting dead gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Prayagraj, confessed to their crime on Sunday, adding that they did it to "become popular".