Asad Ahmed Encounter: Sources said that Atiq wept for his son and kept saying he and his family have been ruined. He pleaded the officers for permission to attend the last rites of Asad in Kasari Masari village in Chakiya area of Prayagraj
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Slain Asad Ahmed, son of dreaded gangster Atiq Ahmed, will be buried on Friday in Prayagraj at the family burial ground used by don-politician’s family. He will be buried next to the resting place of his grandfather, sources said.
Asad and Atiq’s close aide Ghulam were gunned down by Uttar Pradesh police in an encounter in Jhansi on Thursday. Both were wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case and had a reward of Rs 5 lakh on their heads. Asad was last seen in a CCTV footage doing rounds, where he was seen attacking Pal. He had been on the run since.
According to sources, Asad’s body will be handed over to relatives in Jhansi after post-mortem. His grave is being dug at the same ‘kabristan’ in Kasari Masari village in Chakiya area of Prayagraj, where his grandfather was laid to rest. Sources further said that jailed Atiq will not be allowed to attend his son’s burial.
A Prayagraj court sent both Atiq and his brother Ashraf to 14-day judicial custody on Thursday in connection with the triple murders of lawyer Umesh Pal and his two police guards.
The two were produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate Dinesh Gautam at 11:10 am amid heavy security, even as a bystander hurled a bottle at the gangster while he was being taken inside court.
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Atiq reportedly broke down in a Prayagraj court after learning about his son Asad’s death. Umesh Pal’s mother and wife, however, thanked chief minister Yogi Adityanath and said that “justice has been served”.
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ATIQ AHMED PLEADED TO ATTEND SON’S LAST RITES
According to sources, Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were grilled separately on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. The questioning began at Prayagraj’s Dhimanganj police station around 1 am and continued till 7 in the morning.
Sources said that Atiq wept for his son and kept saying he and his family have been ruined. He pleaded the officers for permission to attend the last rites of Asad.
Atiq and Ashraf are presently kept at an undisclosed location in Prayagraj. Sources said that some raid based on their inputs are possible on Friday. The two are in police custody till the evening of April 17.
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BLOW-BY-BLOW ACCOUNT OF HOW ASAD AHMED WAS ENCOUNTERED
• After Umesh Pal’s murder, a team of Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) was tasked to track down Asad Ahmed. The team chased him for nearly 50 days as he kept changing his location frequently between Prayagraj, Kanpur, Noida and Delhi. He reportedly stayed in Delhi’s Jamia for 12 days.
• According to a report in Times Now, Asad was giving the STF officials a slip by taking the help of local aides who picked and dropped him at several locations. He was in Jhansi for the last four days before the encounter.
• In Jhansi, Asad had planned to attack the police convoy to free his father Atiq after the gangster had said that he fears being encountered. The STF team, meanwhile, was continuously in search of Asad and Ghulam.
• Led by DSP Navendu and DSP Vimal, a 12-member team of UP STF personnel finally cornered the two near Jhansi’s Parichha Dam, and following a gun battle between 12:30pm and 1pm, the two were killed.
• The Times Now report stated that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself was in touch with the UP STF and used to take regular updates on the Umesh Pal murder case and the whereabouts of Asad and other murder accused. The STF personnel were chosen from Lucknow, Prayagraj and Noida.
ASAD AHMED’S KILLING IS ENCOUNTER NUMBER 183 OF YOGI GOVT
According to a report in Indian Express, Asad’s killing is Encounter Number 183 since the Yogi Adityanath government first took charge in March 2017. The report further stated that it’s the third encounter in the case related to the February 24 murder of Umesh Pal. It is also the third encounter in the first 13 days of April by the Uttar Pradesh police.
Since the encounter and resurfacing of CM Yogi’s hit slogan of ‘Mitti mein mila denge’, the star value of the Uttar Pradesh chief minister has risen. There is a massive demand for him to join the BJP’s election campaign in Karnataka for the upcoming assembly elections.
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The party’s Karnataka unit wants the CM Yogi to be seen with different candidates at public rallies.
Another accused in the case, Guddu Muslim, is now on STF’s radar. He is said to be hiding in Rajasthan’s Ajmer.
