Backing Yogi Adityanath over the encounter of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad’s son Asad, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut on Saturday stated if the Uttar Pradesh chief minister desires to finish mafia raj then there needs to be no query of caste and faith. Criminals and terrorists haven’t any caste or faith, he stated, including that those that have suspicions on such police motion can at all times method courts for remedial measures. As per UP police, Asad and his affiliate Ghulam, each accused within the February 24 homicide of Umesh Pal, a key witness within the 2005 killing of then BSP MLA Raju Pal, have been shot lifeless after they opened hearth at a Special Task Force crew that had encircled them in Jhansi on Thursday.
The homicide of Umesh Pal and the brazen method through which it was carried out had forged a shadow on Adityanath’s assertions that regulation and order had vastly improved in UP beneath Bharatiya Janata Party rule, resulting in him swearing within the Assembly there that he would wipe out the mafia. “Yogi ji (Adityanath) has said since the beginning that he will end mafia raj in Uttar Pradesh. If the CM has said he wants to end mafia raj then there should be no question of caste and religion,” Raut advised reporters. “Criminals and terrorists have no religion or caste. But if anyone is killing extra-constitutionally or brutally then the doors of the courts are open,” the Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP added.
He, nevertheless, additionally taunted the Adityanath authorities by claiming the folks of Uttar Pradesh in addition to these in energy there have been of the opinion that mafia raj prevails within the northern state. “The (UP) CM has announced he will destroy mafia raj. If Uttar Pradesh really has mafia raj and for that if the police have to take weapons in their hands, then it is a question on that government,” he stated. Umesh Pal, a key witness within the 2005 homicide case of then BSP MLA Raju Pal, and his two police safety guards have been shot lifeless outdoors his dwelling in Prayagraj’s Dhoomanganj space on February 24 this yr. Based on a criticism lodged by Umesh Pal’s spouse Jaya Pal, a case was registered on February 25 in opposition to Atiq Ahmad, his brother Ashraf, son Asad, Ghulam and others.
The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party have demanded an investigation into Thursday’s encounter. Incidentally, on Friday, the UP police stated they’d gunned down 183 alleged criminals in encounters within the six years of Yogi Adityanath’s authorities, together with Asad. As per UP police knowledge, greater than 10,900 police encounters have taken place within the state since March 2017, when Adityanath took over because the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the primary time. In these encounters, 23,300 alleged criminals have been arrested and 5,046 have been injured, whereas 13 policemen have been killed and 1,443 injured.
