"A bomb was hurled in the Katra area in Prayagraj, it was found that a man, Harshit Sonkar, had a fight with Shivansh Yadav due to which he threw the bomb. News of bomb being thrown on Atiq Ahmed's advocate, Dayashankar Mishra, is false", said Deepak Bhukar, DCP, Prayagraj.
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.
"The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken cognizance of complaints alleging that two brothers Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf were killed by miscreants in police custody in Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh on April 15, 2023," NHRC said in a statement.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to probe the murder of Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf will soon recreate the crime scene as part of its ongoing investigation, revealed sources.
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."
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list on April 24 the plea seeking to constitute an Independent Expert Committee under the chairmanship of a Former Supreme Court judge to inquire into the killing of Atiq and Ashraf, amid police presence.
Hitting out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his "TMC government will not survive beyond 2025" remark, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday demanded his resignation.
"Out of 20 top criminal cases against the duo, the Ahmed brothers targeted members of the minority community in 13. Atiq's brother Ashraf was allegedly involved even in the abduction of two minor Muslim girls from a madarsa and their repeated rape at gunpoint overnight. The victims were late
Union Power Minister R K Singh on Monday slammed Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav for addressing the slain gangster turned politician Atiq Ahmed as 'Atiq Ji' and said that the RJD leader is shedding tears for that dreaded ganglord, who was facing over 100 criminal charges.