After political turmoil in Rajasthan Congress, the crisis seems to have hit its Jharkhand unit as well after suspended party leaders took up the charge against the state leadership.
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.
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 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
With the killing of Atiq Ahmed's son Asad and his aide Ghulam, wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, in an encounter with UP Special Task Force in Jhansi on Thursday, a plan was foiled to help the jailed gangster to escape, Uttar Pradesh Police said.