PRAYAGRAJ: A neighborhood Congress chief, who stoked an issue by inserting the Indian Tricolour on the grave of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed on the Kasari Masari graveyard in Old City space, has been arrested. The Congress chief Rajkumar Singh ‘Rajju’, was additionally expelled from the occasion for ‘anti-party actions’. An aspiring corporator from ward no. 43 right here within the UP civic polls, Rajju was held by the Dhoomanganj police after a video of him purportedly exhibiting him put the nationwide flag on the grave went viral on social media, stated police.
Atiq and his youthful brother Ashraf had been buried within the graveyard late on April 16 night after they had been shot useless by three armed assailants whereas in police custody on April 15 evening. In the viral video, Rajkumar Singh Rajju is purportedly seen calling Atiq Ahmed a martyr, demanding Bharat Ratna for him and later spreading the Tricolour on his grave. The authenticity of the video clip is but to be confirmed.
Congress candidate Rajkumar for native polls in UP says BHARAT RATNA AND SHAHEED STATUS have to be given to Atiq Ahmad
This ecosystem hailed & eulogised Yakub, Afzal, Mukhtar and now Atiq! After Atiq ji remark by Punia ji & Tejaswi now this pic.twitter.com/JrP4FcdoEY
— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) April 19, 2023
As quickly because the details about the viral clip was acquired, the Dhoomanganj police traced and detained the accused chief on Wednesday evening. “A complaint is being registered against him,” stated police. Meanwhile, metropolis Congress committee president Pradeep Mishra Anshuman expelled the chief from the occasion for six years, saying that Rajkumar Singh`s assertion on Atiq was his private view and the occasion had nothing to do with it.
After presenting the Tricolour on the grave of gangster Atiq Ahmed, a Congress candidate from Uttar Pradesh requests the Bharat Ratna and “Shaheed status” for him.
Will @Uppolice take motion for insulting Tricolor? pic.twitter.com/OCZSDAoTte
— ADV. ASHUTOSH J. DUBEY (@AdvAshutoshBJP) April 19, 2023
The viral video additionally purportedly confirmed the accused chief saying: “The state government got Atiq Ahmed murdered. I demand that he be given Bharat Ratna. He was a public representative. He should be given the status of a martyr. If late Mulayam Singh Yadav can get Padma Vibhushan, then why should Atiq not be given Bharat Ratna…why was he not given state honours during the funeral?”
Rajkumar Singh is believed to have given this assertion to the media after the press convention of Congress mayoral candidate Prabha Shankar Mishra. While he was giving the assertion, the town Congress president may very well be seen stopping the chief from talking additional.
