Earlier Atiq Ahmed's son Asad and his aide Ghulam wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, were killed in an encounter with UP Special Task Force in Jhansi on Thursday, a plan was foiled to help the jailed gangster to escape, Uttar Pradesh Police said.
Regarding the encounter of gangster Asad Ahmad and his aide Ghulam, Puja Pal, wife of slain Bahujan Samaj Party legislator Raju Pal on Friday said that there is a punishment for those who take law in their hands.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday raised questions over the encounter of gangster Atiq Ahmad's son Asad and his aide Ghulam in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi and said that the "so-called encounters should not take place".
Praising the law and order situation of Uttar Pradesh, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday lauded the Uttar Pradesh government over the encounter of Atiq Ahmed's son Asad and another accused Ghulam.
Responding to the allegations of Atishi, LG Saxena said, "False and misleading statements are made by the Power Minister. The file regarding power subsidy was approved and signed in the late hours of Thursday and sent to CM Kejriwal on Friday, before Power Minister Atishi's Press Conference.
Reacting to the gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's son Asad's encounter, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Bal Thackeray) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Friday said that a maximum number of encounters have happened in Mumbai and several 'encounter specialists' were sent to jail.
Referring to Asad Ahmed and Ghulam's encounter, Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav said on Friday that fake encounters are being done in the state after the BJP came to power and the Samajwadi Party has been saying this since the beginning, adding that this incident proves this.
Amid attacks from the Opposition over the killing of arrested gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's son, Asad, in an exchange of fire in Jhansi on Thursday, the UP's Special Task Force (STF) personnel on Friday condemned the killing of Umesh Pal, calling it an assault on the state's cri
"Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have started to unite the opposition, we welcome it," Rajya Sabha MP said while speaking to reporters.
"We have a policy of zero tolerance, we will not spare any criminal. The people of the state are looking at parties standing in support of the criminals. They will not forgive them," Pathak said while speaking to ANI.
The ED launched searches in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation against gangster turned politician Atiq Ahmed, and his associates, according to sources.