Tejashwi Yadav’s ‘Atiq Ji’ Reference For Slain Gangster Irks Union Minister: ‘Shedding Tears For Whom?’

New Delhi: Union Power Minister R Ok Singh on Monday slammed Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav for addressing the slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed as “Atiq Ji”, who was killed alongside together with his brothers Ashraf in a shootout in Prayagraj on Saturday, and stated that the RJD chief is shedding tears for a dreaded ganglord who had extra over 100 felony instances registered in his title.

Singh stated that Tejashwi Yadav is Deputy Chief Minister however he addressed Atiq Ahmed as “Atiq ji” who had greater than 100 instances of homicide, kidnapping, and extortion in opposition to him. Referring to the ex-MP, the Union Minister stated, “Whoever was a witness, he used to kill or kidnap his family so that he won`t testify against him. He was involved in Umesh Pal`s killing. For whom are these people (Tejashwi Yadav) crying? A man who has more than 100 criminal cases against him? He confessed he had a connection with the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar e Taiba (LeT).” 

Atiq Ahmed’s Killing ‘Scripted’: Tejashwi

Earlier within the day, Yadav termed the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, “scripted”. “I have no sympathies for crime or criminals. But there is a law and a Constitution to eliminate crime in the country. We have seen in this country that the killers of the former Prime Minister have undergone trials and were punished. Whatever happened in UP, Toh Aap Dekhein Ye Atiq Ji ka Janaza Nahin, Kanoon Ka Janaza Nikla Tha (It was not the funeral of Atiq ji, but the funeral of the law),” Yadav had stated. 

Slamming the Bihar Deputy CM, the Union Minister stated that folks have made Yogi Adityanath as chief minister with an enormous mandate. “Now a dreaded criminal, who is related to ISI and LeT, that dreaded criminal has been killed in a gang war and they are shedding tears for him because they think that by doing this, their minority vote bank will become stronger,” he added.

Singh additionally lashed out on the opposition leaders for rallying in help of the gangster and stated, “You people (opposition leaders) are going to be extinct. “It is totally a vote financial institution politics. It is a bit tragic {that a} felony who has a reference to LeT is killed in a gang battle and persons are shedding tears over the incident,” he stated, including that those that sprayed bullets upon him have been additionally caught. 

Atiq’s Killers Shifted To Another UP Jail 

Amid a blame sport over the sensational killing of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf, three sharpshooters, who sprayed bullets killing the 2 on the spot, have been shifted from the Prayagraj Central Jail to the Pratapgarh District Jail on Monday over safety issues. News company PTI quoted a senior official as saying that the switch of the three killers was achieved on administrative grounds.

The assailants – Mohit alias Sunny (23) of Hamirpur, Lavlesh Tiwari (22) of Banda and Arun Maurya (18) of Kasganj – have been arrested quickly after the sensational shootout exterior the Prayagraj hospital the place policemen have been escorting the brothers for a medical check-up Saturday night time.

The trio was taken from Prayagraj at 12 midday and reached Pratapgarh at 2.10 PM, officers stated. It could also be famous that one of many two remaining sons of Atiq Ahmad is at the moment lodged within the Prayagraj Central Jail in Uttar Pradesh.

On Sunday the three shooters – Arun Maurya, Sunny Singh and Lovelesh Tiwari – concerned within the killings have been despatched to 14-day judicial custody by the district courtroom. Atiq Ahmed was accused within the 2005 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Raju Pal homicide case and likewise within the case of homicide of Umesh Pal which occurred in February this 12 months.