The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file an affidavit mentioning the stage of investigation and status of cases relating to 183 alleged encounters that took place since 2017.
In a major development in connection with the murder of Atiq Ahmed, the lawyer of the slain gangster-turned-politician was on Saturday night, police said.
The accused threatened the complainant's sister to sell the land in his name, and failing to do so, he demanded Rs 50 lakh extortion money. A case has been registered under relevant sections of the IPC at Dhumanganj police station in Prayagraj, the police said.
The three accused--Lovelesh Tiwari, Arun Maurya, and Sunny Singh were produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate Prayagraj pm Monday via video conferencing where their judicial custody was extended.
The Uttar Pradesh government filed a status report in the Supreme Court in connection with Atiq Ahmed's death case and apprised the top court that police reforms and modernisation measures are underway and handcuffing instructions issued to prevent the easy escape of hardened criminals.
The Supreme Court on Friday tagged a plea by the sister of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf Ahmed, who were shot dead while being in police custody in Uttar Pradesh on April 15, seeking a comprehensive probe headed by a retired judge or by an independent agency into alleged "extraju
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday handed over keys to 76 affordable housing units constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(PMAY) for the poor on the land reclaimed from the possession of slain gangster Atiq Ahamed in Prayagraj.
The names of Atiq Ahmed, his brother Ashraf, his son and others were the accused in Raju Umesh Pal's murder. During the investigation, the names of the eight accused surfaced who were arrested. The charge sheet was filed on Saturday.
"The lottery was drawn for allotment in the auditorium of Allahabad Medical Association. After verification of 6030 applicants, 1590 were found eligible to participate in the lottery," Arvind Kumar Chauhan Vice Chairman of PDA said.