Atiq Ahmed, His Brother Ashraf Grilled At Dhoomanganj Police Station In UP

PRAYAGRAJ: Uttar Pradesh Police is grilling mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf on the Dhoomanganj Police Station in Prayagraj after Prayagraj Chief Judicial Magistrate courtroom despatched them to four-day police custody. The police custody of the duo began from 5 pm on April 13 until 5 pm on April 17. Earlier Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf have been dropped at the CJM Court in Prayagraj on Thursday morning. 

The Uttra Pradesh Police chargesheet filed earlier than the courtroom talked about a recorded assertion of Atiq Ahmed. “…I have no dearth of weapons because I have direct connections with Pakistan`s ISI and terror organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba. Weapons from Pakistan are dropped on the Punjab border with the help of drones and local connection collects them. Terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir get weapons from this consignment. If you take me with you, I can help you recover that money and arms and ammunition used in the incident,” the chargesheet mentioned citing Atiq. 

Meanwhile, Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad and his aide Ghulam, each of whom have been wished within the Umesh Pal homicide case, have been killed in an encounter by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Jhansi on Thursday. Each of them carried a reward of Rs 5 lakhs. The police mentioned that foreign-made weapons have been recovered.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday chaired a high-level assembly on ‘regulation and order’ after the killing of Asad and Ghulam in an encounter. CM Yogi additionally lauded the 12-member STF workforce which was concerned within the shootout. On March 28, Atiq Ahmed was convicted by an MP-MLA courtroom and sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment within the abduction case of now-deceased Umesh Pal. 

Atiq Ahmed and his household got here underneath the scanner within the Umesh Pal homicide case. Atiq Ahmed, who has over 100 instances in opposition to him during the last 43 years, has been convicted in the identical case. Umesh Pal, a key witness to the homicide of Bahujan Samaj Party chief Raju Pal and one among his two armed safety escorts was shot useless in Prayagraj’s Sulem Saray space on February 24. Several rounds have been fired and bombs have been hurled at Umesh and his gunners.