New Delhi: As gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad’s son Asad, who was needed within the Umesh Pal homicide case, was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police in Jhansi on Thursday, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya referred to as it a ‘very historic motion’. Speaking to the information company ANI, Maurya mentioned that Asad’s encounter is a message that the period of criminals is over.Â
“This is a very historic action by UP police. It is a huge message that the era of criminals is over and criminals must surrender,” Keshav Prasad Maurya mentioned.
This is a really historic motion by UP police. It is a large message that the period of criminals is over and criminals should give up: UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on the police encounter of former MP Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad and his aide in Jhansi pic.twitter.com/zclQKIbaWL
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) April 13, 2023
Asad and his confederate Ghulam — each needed within the February 24 Umesh Pal homicide case — had been killed in an encounter with the UP Police’s STF group in Jhansi.
Officials mentioned that they had been attempting to flee on a motorbike once they had been intercepted by an STF group in Jhansi. They then opened fireplace on the personnel and had been killed in retaliatory firing.
“Asad and Ghulam were wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case of Prayagraj and were carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh each. They were killed in an encounter with a UP STF team,” Special Director General (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar mentioned.
Kumar additionally mentioned that subtle foreign-made weapons had been recovered from the accused.
He knowledgeable that the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force group was led by deputy superintendents of police Navendu Kumar and Vimal Kumar.
The encounter, notably, passed off on a day Ahmed was offered earlier than the court docket of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Prayagraj within the Umesh Pal homicide case and was despatched to 14-day judicial custody.
Umesh Pal, a key witness within the 2005 homicide case of then Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Raju Pal and his two police safety guards had been shot lifeless outdoors his dwelling in Prayagraj’s Dhoomanganj space on February 24 this 12 months.
His spouse Jaya Pal had filed a case on February 25 towards Atiq Ahmed, his brother Ashraf, Asad, Ghulam, and others.
Umesh Pal’s mom thanks Yogi Adityantah after Asad’s encounter
Shanti Devi, the mom of slain lawyer Umesh Pal, thanked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after Asam Ahmed’s encounter.
“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,” she advised reporters in Prayagraj.
She added that this can be a ‘tribute’ to her son.
