Funeral Of Atiq Ahmed's Son Asad At Kasari Masari Graveyard In Prayagraj, Video Surfaces

The last rites of Mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's son Asad were performed at Prayagraj's Kasari Masari graveyard while Ghulam's body was taken to another location for funeral.

The last rites of Mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's son Asad were performed at Kasari Masari graveyard in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on Saturday while shooter Ghulam's body has been taken to another place for the funeral. Asad and his aide Ghulam were killed in an encounter on April 13 by UP Police's Special Task Force.

"20-25 close relatives of his (Asad) family are here. Ghulam's body has been taken to another place for the last rites. Asad's maternal grandfather is here and he is carrying out the process of cremation of Asad": Akash Kulhari, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Prayagraj told news agency ANI.

Ghulam's Brother Says Family Will Not Accept His Body, Shooter Had Severed Ties With Kin

After the encounter, Ghulam's brother said that the family will not accept his body for his last rites. 

Rahil Hasan, brother of slain shooter Ghulam, told ABP News: "Whatever information we had, we had given it to the police. We knew that the police were constantly looking for him. I also came to know about the encounter half an hour ago. He had already severed ties with the family. Whenever Atiq used to appear in court, Ghulam used to go to meet him."

"There was a murder case in 2007 in which Ghulam was in jail, during this period he befriended Atiq. We had no idea that Ghulam was hand in glove with Atiq's family and had Umesh Pal murdered. We will not take his dead body. Mother and father have also said that we will not take his dead body (for a funeral)," he added. 

Atiq Ahmed's son Asad and his accomplice Ghulam were both wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case.

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 Ahmed, 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 Ahmed is also an accused in the 2005 Raju Pal murder case.