Section 144 Imposed In Prayagraj After Atiq & His Brother Shot Dead, UP CM Yogi Issues High Alert

Following the incident, section 144 has been imposed in Prayagraj. 

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. ( Image Source :Twitter/ANI )

After Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday alerted all zones, commissionerates and districts across the state to deploy police in sufficient quantity in wake of law and order situation. Following the incident, section 144 has been imposed in Prayagraj.

The decision to halt internet service in Prayagraj has been taken by the government.

CM Adityanath called a meeting with senior UP Police officials, including the director general of police (DGP) and the additional director general of police (ADGP). 

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The meeting is being held at the house of CM Yogi in Lucknow. Following the killings, the Prayagraj border has been sealed, and SWAT team has arrived at the spot of firing. 

Akhilesh Yadav, the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and the leader of the Samajwadi Party, claimed on Saturday that crime in the state has peaked and criminal morale is high. He raised alarm, stating that if someone can be assassinated openly in the middle of a police security cordon, what about the protection of the general public? As a result, there is a scared mood among the general population, and it looks that certain people are purposely generating such an atmosphere, he stated in a Hindi tweet. 

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In response to the killings, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi alleged Jai Shri Ram slogans were raised and termed the incident as a failure of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s government.

“Both Atiq and his brother were in police custody. He was handcuffed. Jai Shri Ram slogans were also raised. The killing of both is the failure of Yogi's law and order system. Those celebrating the encounter are also responsible for this murder,” Owaisi said.

After his son Asad was killed in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi, Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were killed on Saturday while being taken for medical treatment in Prayagraj. Atiq Ahmed was charged in the 2005 murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal, as well as the murder of Umesh Pal in February of this year.