In her letter, Atiq Ahmed's wife Shaista alleged that top police officers were involved in this conspiracy. They will try to get Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf out of jail during the police remand and kill him.

Bengal BJP MP from Hooghly Locket Chatterjee alleged that Mamata Banerjee is doing politics of 30 per cent and her comments are motivated due to elections.

The major development came hours after CM Yogi Adityanath held a high-level meeting with the top officials on Monday.

Media made him a gangster, sometimes some things happen by big people, there are people who are sitting at big positions who kill 10-15 people by throwing bombs but no one calls them a gangster, said SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav in Etawah.

According to FIR, the assailants who killed Atiq and his brother wanted to be gangsters. They didn't get any chance earlier but this time when they got a chance, they committed this crime.

Yagya Tiwari, father of one of the assailants Lovelesh said that they were not aware of his actions, nor in contact with him. He was not living with them and was a drug addict.

Atiq Ahmed murder: "Atiq and his brother were in police custody. He was handcuffed. JSR (Jai Shri Ram) slogans were also raised. The killing of both is the failure of Yogi's law and order system. Those celebrating encounter raj are also responsible for this murder," Owaisi added.

Atiq Ahmed Killed: Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in Prayagraj when they were being taken for medical examination.

Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were shot dead by unidentified assailants while they were being escorted by police to a medical college here on Saturday night.

Asad Ahmad, Ghulam Encounter: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday alleged the Yogi government of carrying out encounters with an eye on polls.

Asad Ahmed was caught on CCTV when Umesh Pal was killed and had been on the run for the past 50 days, UP police said.

The gangster was produced in UP's Prayagraj court in the Umesh Pal murder case on Thursday which sent Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf to 4-day police custody.

Atiq Ahmed wept in courtroom on hearing news about his son’s death. Both Asad and Ghulam were carrying rewards of Rs 5 lakh each. They were the main accused in the murder of Umesh Pal, a key witness in BSP MLA Raju Pal’s murder case of 2005.

UP Municipal Election 2023: The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission on Sunday announced to hold urban local body polls in the state in two phases, on May 4 and 11.

Umesh Pal and his two police security guards were shot dead on February 24 outside his home in Prayagraj's Dhoomanganj.

The teenager who hails from Bihar, was picked up from the Chinhat area and brought to Noida.

There was apprehension that Atiq’s van could overturn and he could be killed in an encounter, but UP police took all care in bringing him to Naini jail. Mafia don Atiq Ahmed is no ordinary criminal.

Speaking on the first death anniversary of Sidhu Moosewala, his father Balkaur Singh said that the Yogi government has finished gangsters from the state adding Uttar Pradesh will progress better than Punjab.

Uttar Pradesh news: The Speaker said funds have been set aside for this project and work will begin soon. The UP government is likely to hire a consultant to design the new Vidhan Sabha, which should be strong and well equipped keeping in mind the technological advances.

This was part of a major crackdown following the February 24 killing of Umesh Pal, a key witness in BSP MLA Raju Pal’s murder case. UP Police has announced a bounty of Rs 50,000 for the arrest of Atiq Ahmed’s son, who along with his mother, has gone underground.