Asad Ahmed Encounter LIVE: Asad's Funeral Completed, Mortal Remains Lowered Down In Grave
Asad Ahmed Encounter Live: Follow the blog for latest updates on the encounter killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad's son Asad, wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case.
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Asad Ahmed Encounter Live: Hello and welcome to our live blog. Follow the blog for latest updates on the encounter killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's son Asad.
Asad, son of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, and Ghulam, son of Maksudan, wanted by the police for their alleged involvement in the murder of Umesh Pal murder case in Prayagraj, have been killed in an encounter. Both were killed during a police operation in Jhansi.
The operation was led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Navendu and DySP Vimal from the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UPSTF). The police recovered sophisticated weapons that were made in a foreign country. More information about the incident is still being gathered.
The police had announced a reward of five lakh rupees each for information leading to their arrest.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been briefed about the encounter. Principal Secretary Home Sanjay Prasad gave information about Atiq Ahmed's son's encounter to CM Yogi.
The chief minister has summoned a report from the Special Task Force (STF) in the Jhansi encounter case and is personally monitoring the matter.
Umesh Pal, a key witness in the 2005 murder case of then BSP MLA Raju Pal, and his two police security guards were shot dead outside his home in Prayagraj's Dhoomanganj area on February 24 this year. Based on a complaint lodged by Umesh Pal's wife Jaya Pal, a case was registered on February 25 against Atiq Ahmad, his brother Ashraf, Asad, Ghulam and others.
The FIR was lodged under sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapons), 149 (unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.
Atiq Ahmad is also an accused in the 2005 Raju Pal murder case.
Umesh Pal's family has thanked UP CM Yogi Adityanath after Atiq Ahmed's son was killed in an encounter by the UPSTF on Thursday. "I thank CM Yogi ji for serving justice and I appeal to him to give us justice ahead also. We have full faith in CM Shanti Devi," Umesh Pal's mother said.
Attending Son's Funeral Was My Right: Atiq Ahmed
Following Asad's burial, Atiq Ahmed says attending his son's funeral was his right.
Asad's Funeral Completed, Mortal Remains Lowered Down In Grave
Asad Ahmed's funeral has been completed at Prayagraj's Kasari Masari graveyard and the mortal remains have been lowered down in the grave, adjacent to his grandfather and Atiq's father Firoz Ahmed's grave.
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