"A murder happened and section 144 was imposed, the government there (Uttar Pradesh) did it. But if this incident took place despite the presence of (UP) police, then it is a serious matter. This raises a big question on law and order," Raut said while speaking to the media.
Sitaram Yechury took to Twitter and said, "Jungle Raj under BJP Yogi govt in UP. It's USP: Encounter killings, Bulldozer politics and patronising criminals. Enforce rule of law; apprehend perpetrators and punish them stringently".
"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
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.
"It is a message to criminals that this is the new India. It is Yogi govt in UP, not Samajwadi Party in power which gave protection to criminals," Maurya said.