Last Updated: March 06, 2023, 10:26 IST
The police suspect that Asad took directions from Atiq and Ashraf from jail over calls to plan the homicide of Umesh Pal with whom the Ahmed household has a long-standing rivalry. (Image: Video screengrab)
Asad is the third son of gangster-cum-politician Atiq Ahmed and is stated to have taken the reins of Atiq’s dreaded gang final August after his two elder brothers had surrendered in courtroom
Till a fortnight again, a younger Asad Ahmed didn’t have any legal case lodged towards him. But, now, he is the ‘most wanted’ man in Uttar Pradesh after main half-a-dozen shooters who killed Umesh Pal in broad daylight on a busy avenue in Prayagraj on February 24.
Multiple police groups are on his hunt whereas two different shooters have now been eradicated in encounters, the second being a person named Usman. Asad is the third son of gangster-cum-politician Atiq Ahmed and is stated to have taken the reins of Atiq’s dreaded gang final August after his two elder brothers had surrendered in courtroom.
Sources within the UP Police informed News18 that Asad used to function from Lucknow, from the place he had handed out from Class 12 from a prime college however couldn’t go overseas for additional research as his passport was not cleared on account of his household’s legal historical past. He was not on the police radar until he was captured in CCTV taking pictures at Umesh Pal.
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Asad now has the best reward (of Rs 2.5 lakh) than on any of his different relations prior to now. His father Atiq Ahmed is lodged in Sabarmati jail in Gujarat whereas his uncle Ashraf is lodged in UP’s Bareilly jail. In their absence, Atiq’s two elder sons, Umar and Ali, ran the dreaded gang in the previous few years whereas Asad was finding out.
The police suspect that Asad took directions from Atiq and Ashraf from jail over calls to plan the homicide of Umesh Pal with whom the Ahmed household has a long-standing rivalry. Asad is stated to have rallied the opposite shooters and is seen within the CCTV pictures whereas rising from a SUV and taking pictures at Umesh Pal with a pistol.
Asad Took Over Gang After Elder Brothers Jailed
Umar, Atiq’s eldest son, got here into the limelight in 2018 when he kidnapped a property vendor in Lucknow, Mohit Jaiswal, and took him to Deoria jail the place Atiq Ahmed was lodged and Jaiswal was assaulted for not paying up extortion cash. Ali, Atiq’s quantity two son, additionally has instances for tried homicide and extortion towards him.
After rewards have been declared on each of them by investigating companies, the 2 brothers had surrendered in courts final 12 months in July in fast succession fearing they could be eradicated in encounters. It is then that Asad took over the reins of the gang, UP police officers suspect.
Atiq has two extra sons, Azham and Aban, who’re minors and are finding out in Class 10 and eight respectively.
Azham and Aban are presently lodged in a juvenile centre after the police stated they discovered them roaming aimlessly after the homicide of Umesh Pal whereas their mom Shaista Praveen filed an utility in courtroom that the police had taken them away from her house. Praveen, too, is an accused within the Umesh Pal case and is stated to be lacking.
Some suspect that Asad could have escaped to Nepal after killing Umesh Pal. The UP Police has launched a giant manhunt for him.
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