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.
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.
Responding to the killing of gangster Atiq Ahmed's son, by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF), in an encounter, Union Minister General VK Singh (retd) on Thursday said that the priority of the State's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is law and order.
Hours after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahemd's son Asad, and another accused Ghulam were killed in an encounter by the STF on Thursday, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak said that the 'mafias' will be "wiped out" from the state.
Hours after the son of gangster Atiq Ahmed was killed in an encounter, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday accused the State government of carrying a "fake" encounter in a bid to divert the attention of people from real issues