Uttar Pradesh: After the death of slain gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, the Uttar Pradesh police have intensified the efforts to track down Shaista. Now Ashraf's brother-in-law Saddam is also under the radar and the police have doubled the reward on his arrest. The Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday informed that the reward has been increased to 1 lakh rupees from Rs 50,000.
"Reward on the arrest of Saddam, brother-in-law of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's brother Ashraf, increased to Rs 1 lakh from Rs 50,000. He is wanted in a case registered at Bithri Chainpur police station", UP Police said, reported ANI.
Reward for Shaista Parveen's arrest was doubled earlier
Earlier on April 9, the reward for Shaista Parveen's arrest was doubled by the UP police. The slain gangster's wife carries a Rs 50,000 reward on her.
Supreme Court asked, "Why were they paraded?"
On Friday, the Supreme Court questioned the Uttar Pradesh government why gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were paraded before the media while being taken to hospital for a medical checkup in police custody in Prayagraj.
The top court, which was hearing a plea by advocate Vishal Tiwari seeking an independent probe into the killing of Ahmad and his brother Ashraf, also asked the UP government how the killers got the knowledge that they were being taken to hospital.
"How did they know? We have seen it on TV. Why were they not taken to the ambulance right from the entry gate of the hospital? Why were they paraded?" a bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta asked. The apex court has directed the state government to submit a status report on steps taken after the incident.
SC asked for status report
"A comprehensive affidavit would be filed indicating the steps taken to inquire into the deaths which occurred on April 15 near Moti Lal Nehru Divisional Hospital, Prayagraj. The affidavit shall also disclose the steps taken with respect to the incident that occurred immediately prior to the one in question and also disclose the follow-up steps taken following Justice BS Chauhan commission report. List after three weeks," the bench said in its order.
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