Detailing the incident, Archana Dhurandar, Civil Lines Station House Officer (SHO) said, "Based on a tip-off, a joint team of police and Anti Crime and Cyber Unit swung into action and intercepted two persons who were looking out for customers to sell deer horns on Saturday".
According to police, they have registered a case against the accused on the basis of a complaint by the kin of the deceased who Gyanendra's cousin could identify- Bharat, Manish, Rohit, Ajay, Lalit, Azad and Kapil.
"We ask children to watch tv and news channel to increase their general knowledge but the way crime (Atiq Ahmed's death) was shown live on national television was horrifying for children and women," NCP MP Sule said.
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".
"Crime has reached its peak in UP and the morale of the criminals is high. When someone can be killed openly despite being surrounded by a security cordon, one can imagine the state of the general public. Due to this (alleged encounter killings), an ambience of fear is being created among
Delhi's Patiala House Court on Saturday remanded accused Deepak Boxer to 14 days of police custody in a case registered under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime (MCOCA).
The accused was arrested after continuous efforts by the police with help from the Metro station staff, further investigation is still underway, the police said.
The last rites of 19-year-old Asad were performed by his maternal grandfather Hamid Ali in the presence of at least 20 to 25 of Atiq Ahmed's relatives, according to Satish Chandra, Superintendent of Police (Crime) Prayagraj.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath chaired a review meeting of the cyber wing of the State Police and directed to prepare a blueprint to fill the vacant posts of the wing.