Atiq Ahmad killing: Supreme Court asks UP govt to put on record measures taken
1 year, 8 months ago

Atiq Ahmad killing: Supreme Court asks UP govt to put on record measures taken

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh government on the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf at Prayagraj hospital on April 15. The court order came on a PIL filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari demanding a judicial probe into the killing and similar killings in the state. In his plea, Tiwari sought to constitute an independent expert committee under the chairmanship of a former Supreme Court judge to inquire into the killing of Atiq and Ashraf. He also moved a plea in the Supreme Court seeking to constitute an independent expert committee to inquire into the 183 encounters which had occurred since 2017 as stated by the Uttar Pradesh Special Director General of Police and also to inquire into the police custody murder of Atiq and Ashraf.

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Supreme Court to hear appeals against acquittal in Nithari killings in March
4 days, 18 hours ago

Supreme Court to hear appeals against acquittal in Nithari killings in March

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court will hear the appeals challenging the acquittal of Surendra Koli in the Nithari killings on March 25. The bench, also comprising justice Augustine George Masih, directed the top court’s registry to provide the digitised trial court records on the scheduled date of hearing as Koli’s lawyers sought to rely on the same to highlight procedural delays in …

SC to hear Nithari killings pleas against Koli's acquittal on March 25
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4 days, 22 hours ago

SC to hear Nithari killings pleas against Koli's acquittal on March 25

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday posted for hearing on March 25, a batch of pleas against the acquittal of Surendra Koli, accused in the 2005-06 Noida Nithari killings. A series of appeals against Surendra Koli's acquittal in the 2005–06 Noida Nithari killings were scheduled for consideration by the Supreme Court on Monday, March 25. In 2024, the top court agreed …

Baba Siddique murder: Mumbai police file charge sheet against 26; Anmol Bishnoi named as wanted
5 days, 1 hour ago

Baba Siddique murder: Mumbai police file charge sheet against 26; Anmol Bishnoi named as wanted

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Mumbai police crime branch on Monday filed a charge sheet against 26 individuals arrested in connection with the murder of Ziauddin Abdul Rahim Siddique, popularly known as Baba Siddique, a senior Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister. The name of Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, features in the charge sheet The …

28 sentenced to life for Chandan Gupta’s murder during 2018 Tiranga yatra in Kasganj
1 week, 1 day ago

28 sentenced to life for Chandan Gupta’s murder during 2018 Tiranga yatra in Kasganj

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW: A special National Investigation Agency court on Friday awarded life imprisonment.to the 28 men convicted for the murder of Chandan Gupta who was killed in a communal clash in Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh during the “Tiranga yatra” on the Republic Day in 2018. Chandan Gupta was killed on January 26, 2018 during a rally involving large number of …

Supreme Court Issues Notice On CBI's Challenge To Acquittal Of Ram Rahim Singh In 2002 Ranjit Singh Murder Case
1 week, 1 day ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On CBI's Challenge To Acquittal Of Ram Rahim Singh In 2002 Ranjit Singh Murder Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notice in the SLP filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging Punjab and Haryana High Court's order acquitting Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 murder of manager Ranjit Singh.The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar issued notice in the matter and tagged it with another pending …

Kamlesh Tiwari Murder Case | Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Alleged Conspirator In Jail Since October 2019
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Kamlesh Tiwari Murder Case | Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Alleged Conspirator In Jail Since October 2019

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to a man, in jail since October 2019, who allegedly conspired to kill Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari in 2019 over his alleged remark made against Prophet Muhammad. Granting bail to Accused-Pathan Rashid Ahmad, a bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot noted that he has no criminal history apart from the instant case …

No Negligence by Police, Says Judicial Panel Probing Gangster-Turned-Neta Atiq Ahmed's On-Camera Murder
5 months, 1 week ago

No Negligence by Police, Says Judicial Panel Probing Gangster-Turned-Neta Atiq Ahmed's On-Camera Murder

News 18  

A five-member judicial commission formed to probe the on-camera killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Khalid Azim, alias Ashraf, in police custody last year has ruled out negligence on the part of the police or any possibility of any pre-planned conspiracy. Besides, another two-member commission formed to probe the three encounters of the accused in the Umesh Pal …

Why Ram Rahim Singh Was Acquitted In 2002 Murder Case? Punjab & Haryana High Court Belies Polygraph Test, Says CBI Coerced Key Witness
7 months, 1 week ago

Why Ram Rahim Singh Was Acquitted In 2002 Murder Case? Punjab & Haryana High Court Belies Polygraph Test, Says CBI Coerced Key Witness

Live Law  

In its 163-page judgment, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others who were sentenced to life imprisonment by a CBI court in the 2002 Ranjit Singh murder case.A division bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Lalit Batra found the CBI, which took over the probe in November …

Nithari Killings: SC Agrees to Hear Plea of Victim's Father Against Acquittal of Surendra Koli
8 months ago

Nithari Killings: SC Agrees to Hear Plea of Victim's Father Against Acquittal of Surendra Koli

News 18  

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea challenging Allahabad High Court’s order acquitting Surendra Koli in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case. On October 16, the high court pronounced verdicts on several appeals filed by Koli and Pandher, who were awarded the death penalty by the trial court. Reversing the death sentence given to Koli in 12 cases …

A year of Atiq-Ashraf killing: Prayagraj police remains on alert; force deployed at Kasari Masari graveyard
8 months, 3 weeks ago

A year of Atiq-Ashraf killing: Prayagraj police remains on alert; force deployed at Kasari Masari graveyard

Hindustan Times  

Prayagraj police remained on alert on Monday, on the completion of one year of the sensational murders of mafiosi-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Khalid Azeem aka Ashraf. On April 15, 2023, Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead by three armed assailants while being escorted to Motilal Nehru Divisional hospital by the police near Shahganj police station …

A year to killings of Atiq, Ashraf: Chargesheet filed against assailants, but mystery persists
8 months, 3 weeks ago

A year to killings of Atiq, Ashraf: Chargesheet filed against assailants, but mystery persists

Hindustan Times  

PRAYAGRAJ: The Special Investigation Team constituted to investigate the murders of Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf, has filed a chargesheet against the three assailants arrested from the site of the killings. On April 15, mafioso-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were shot dead by three armed assailants while being escorted to Motilal Nehru Divisional hospital by the police …

Hindu Leader Kamlesh Tiwari Murder | 'Case Of Extreme Communal Hatred': Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Alleged Conspirator
9 months ago

Hindu Leader Kamlesh Tiwari Murder | 'Case Of Extreme Communal Hatred': Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Alleged Conspirator

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has DENIED BAIL to a man accused of conspiring to kill Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari over his alleged remark made against Prophet Muhammad. Observing that it is a case of "extreme communal hatred" wherein the deceased was eliminated by way of a "brutal daylight murder", a bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery denied bail …

Judicial inquiry ordered into death of Mukhtar Ansari
9 months, 1 week ago

Judicial inquiry ordered into death of Mukhtar Ansari

The Hindu  

The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Banda district in Uttar Pradesh on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari who died in Banda on Thursday. Ms. Singh, who is the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, will lead a three-member team entrusted to conduct the magisterial investigation into the death of the five-time former MLA. Ansari died of …

UP court orders judicial probe into Mukhtar Ansari's death
9 months, 1 week ago

UP court orders judicial probe into Mukhtar Ansari's death

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: A chief judicial magistrate's court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, a senior official said. Banda Chief Judicial Magistrate Bhagwan Das Gupta appointed Garima Singh, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate as the investigating officer in the case, the official said. Afzal Ansari had said that during the virtual hearing …

Murder Accused Shot Dead In UP's Bijnor Court: High Court Issues Notice On Delhi Police's Plea Against NHRC Order Casting Aspersions On It
10 months ago

Murder Accused Shot Dead In UP's Bijnor Court: High Court Issues Notice On Delhi Police's Plea Against NHRC Order Casting Aspersions On It

Live Law  

The Delhi Police on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging the order passed by the National Human Rights Commission casting aspersions on it over the alleged failure and negligence in carrying out its duty over an incident where a murder accused, lodged in city's Tihar jail, was taken to a court in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor and was shot dead …

Kerala court finds 15 guilty in BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan murder in Dec 2021, sentence on Monday
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala court finds 15 guilty in BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan murder in Dec 2021, sentence on Monday

New Indian Express  

ALAPPUZHA: A local court here on Saturday found the 15 accused persons -- all linked to PFI-SDPI -- behind the murder of BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan in December 2021, guilty. The Mavelikara Additional District Session Court-I Judge Sreedevi V found the first eight accused, who took part in the murder, guilty under Section 302. The 15 accused who are convicted …

Umesh Pal murder case: Police attach gangster Guddu Muslim's house
1 year ago

Umesh Pal murder case: Police attach gangster Guddu Muslim's house

India Today  

Police attached the house of slain gangster Atiq Ahmed's aide Guddu Muslim, an absconding accused in the Umesh Pal murder case, in the Chakia area here on Tuesday. The main witness in the BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case, Umesh Pal was shot dead in broad daylight on February 25, 2023. On the complaint of Umesh Pal's wife Jaya Pal, …

Testimony Of Sole Eyewitness Who Is The Complainant Needs Examination With Great Caution : Supreme Court
1 year ago

Testimony Of Sole Eyewitness Who Is The Complainant Needs Examination With Great Caution : Supreme Court

Live Law  

Recently, the Supreme Court, observed that in a case where the appellant/complainant was an interested sole eyewitness being the father of the deceased and had long enmity with the accused persons, his testimony has to be examined with great caution. The Bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Pankaj Mithal made these observations while affirming the impugned order of the …

Gangster Atiq Ahmed's lawyer Vijay Mishra arrested in Umesh Pal murder case
1 year, 5 months ago

Gangster Atiq Ahmed's lawyer Vijay Mishra arrested in Umesh Pal murder case

India TV News  

The lawyer of slain gangster Atiq Ahmed was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with the Umesh Pal murder case. Last month, police filed their charge sheet against eight accused in the Umesh Pal murder case. According to news agency ANI, the arrested has been made on the basis of the statement of Khan Saulat Hanif and mobile …

Supreme Court Judges Shocked To See Kashmiri Separatist Leader Yasin Malik, Who Is Serving Life Sentence In Tihar, Appear Before Them In Person
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Judges Shocked To See Kashmiri Separatist Leader Yasin Malik, Who Is Serving Life Sentence In Tihar, Appear Before Them In Person

Live Law  

On Friday, Supreme Court Judges were taken aback that Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who is undergoing life sentence in Tihar jail after being convicted in a terror funding case, was present in the Apex Court to appear before it in person. The matter in which Malik was appearing is an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation assailing …

Atiq-Ashraf murders: SIT files over 2,000-page charge sheet against three shooters
1 year, 5 months ago

Atiq-Ashraf murders: SIT files over 2,000-page charge sheet against three shooters

Hindustan Times  

PRAYAGRAJ The Special Investigation Team on Thursday filed a 2056-page charge sheet against three assailants who had allegedly shot dead gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his younger brother Khalid Azeem aka ‘Ashraf’ in Prayagraj on April 15 night. The charge sheet was filed against three accused - Lavlesh Tiwari, Sunny Singh and Arun Maurya - in the court of chief judicial …

Inquiring Into Security Lapses Which May Have Led To Killings Of Atiq Ahmed & Brother : UP Govt Tells Supreme Court
1 year, 6 months ago

Inquiring Into Security Lapses Which May Have Led To Killings Of Atiq Ahmed & Brother : UP Govt Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

Responding to a PIL filed seeking independent investigation into the killings of Atique Ahmed and his brother Ashraf while in police custody, an affidavit has been filed by Special Secretary, Home Department on behalf of State of Uttar Pradesh in pursuance of an order passed by Supreme court on 28th April, 2023. A third purported media person also joined in …

Atiq Ahmed's Sister Moves SC, Seeks Probe Into 'Connected Deaths' of Family
1 year, 6 months ago

Atiq Ahmed's Sister Moves SC, Seeks Probe Into 'Connected Deaths' of Family

The Quint  

Months after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were gunned down, while in police custody in Uttar Pradesh, their sister Aisha Noori has moved the Supreme Court seeking a probe headed by a retired judge or or an “independent agency” into the ‘state- Noori has also sought a probe into the death of her nephew and Atiq’s son …

Sanjeev Maheshwari murder case: 2 Lucknow police teams formed to probe killing, ascertain motive
1 year, 7 months ago

Sanjeev Maheshwari murder case: 2 Lucknow police teams formed to probe killing, ascertain motive

Hindustan Times  

The Lucknow police have formed two teams to probe the murder of gangster Sanjeev Maheshwari alias Jeeva, 48, even as investigators are focusing on ascertaining the motive of the assailant, Vijay Yadav alias Anand Yadav, 26, in executing the crime. Joint commissioner of police Upendra Kumar Agarwal at a media briefing on the murder of gangster Sanjeev Maheshwari alias Jeeva, …

Tillu Tajpuriya, accused in Rohini Court shooting, killed by rival Gogi gang in Tihar jail
1 year, 8 months ago

Tillu Tajpuriya, accused in Rohini Court shooting, killed by rival Gogi gang in Tihar jail

The Hindu  

Jailed gangster Sunil Balyan alias Tillu Tajpuriya was stabbed to death — allegedly by four jailed members of the rival Gogi gang — inside a high-security ward of the Tihar Prison on Tuesday, officials said. The 33-year-old Tillu was a prime accused in the shooting inside the Rohini Court in September 2021, when two assailants, dressed as lawyers, had killed …

When Atiq Ahmed nodded at someone moments before getting killed
1 year, 8 months ago

When Atiq Ahmed nodded at someone moments before getting killed

Op India  

On April 15, gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead while they were being taken for a medical examination. Police have now made a shocking claim that Atiq Ahmed had planned an attack on himself when he was in the custody of Uttar Pradesh police. On that fateful day, moments before the murder, Atiq Ahmed appeared …

Atiq Ahmed planned attack on himself, but got double-crossed? UP Police sources say it may be possible
1 year, 8 months ago

Atiq Ahmed planned attack on himself, but got double-crossed? UP Police sources say it may be possible

Op India  

Days after mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed was shot dead by three assailants in Prayagraj, police have made a shocking claim that Atiq Ahmed had planned an attack on himself when he was in the custody of Uttar Pradesh police. Following these revelations, the police are probing if the three shooters Arun, Lavlesh, and Sunny who gunned down Aitq Ahmed and his …

Highlights: SC Questions UP Govt on Atiq Ahmed's Death; Sisodia Denied Bail
1 year, 8 months ago

Highlights: SC Questions UP Govt on Atiq Ahmed's Death; Sisodia Denied Bail

The Quint  

The Supreme Court on Friday, 28 February, questioned the Uttar Pradesh government with regard to the killing of ganster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf. The court asked the UP government for a "comprehensive affidavit" on the steps taken to probe the killings that took place in Prayagraj on 15 April. As per Livelaw, it also sought information on the …

'How did killers know?': SC's tough questions to UP govt over Atiq Ahmad killing
1 year, 8 months ago

'How did killers know?': SC's tough questions to UP govt over Atiq Ahmad killing

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the Uttar Pradesh government over the heinous killing of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother, who were gunned down by assailants in Prayagraj, while being escorted by the police to a hospital, asking “Why were they paraded before media while being taken for a routine check-up”. The top court, which was hearing a plea …

SC asks UP govt a record of steps taken in custodial deaths in Atiq Ahmed case
1 year, 8 months ago

SC asks UP govt a record of steps taken in custodial deaths in Atiq Ahmed case

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a directive to the Uttar Pradesh government, calling for a comprehensive affidavit of the actions taken and injuries sustained in the case of the custodial deaths of Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmad. The bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta was hearing a public interest litigation plea by Advocate Vishal …

Atiq Ahmed Killing: Yogi-led UP Govt Files Caveat Urging SC to Hear its Side Before Passing Order
1 year, 8 months ago

Atiq Ahmed Killing: Yogi-led UP Govt Files Caveat Urging SC to Hear its Side Before Passing Order

News 18  

In the case of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf’s killing in Prayagraj, the Uttar Pradesh government has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court, urging it to hear the state’s side before passing an order on the matter. The plea, filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari, has also sought an inquiry into the 183 encounters that have taken place …

UP Police find bloodstains, knife at Atiq Ahmed’s partially demolished office
1 year, 8 months ago

UP Police find bloodstains, knife at Atiq Ahmed’s partially demolished office

Live Mint  

Days after his death, Uttar Pradesh police officials have found bloodstains and a knife in the partially demolished office of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed. "I have examined myself, bloodstains, the knife was found near the staircase and next to the kitchen Atiq's office. Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead by men posing as mediapersons on April 15 night …

UP: Bloodstains, knife found at Atiq Ahmed's office in Prayagraj
1 year, 8 months ago

UP: Bloodstains, knife found at Atiq Ahmed's office in Prayagraj

Deccan Chronicle  

Prayagraj : Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday found bloodstains inside the partially demolished office of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed in Prayagraj who was shot dead earlier this month. "I have examined myself, bloodstains, the knife was found near the staircase and next to the kitchen Atiq's office," Satyendra Prasad Tiwari, Prayagraj Additional Commissioner of Police. Moreover, on Sunday, the Uttar …

Atiq Ahmed killers are part of 'terror cell', illicit children of Nathuram Godse: Asaduddin Owaisi
1 year, 8 months ago

Atiq Ahmed killers are part of 'terror cell', illicit children of Nathuram Godse: Asaduddin Owaisi

India TV News  

Atiq Ahmed killings : All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen President Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said the three men who killed former MP Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in police custody were part of a terror cell. The MP wanted to know from the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh why the UAPA was not invoked against the assailants in Atiq Ahmed's …

'Opposition got Atiq Ahmed-Ashraf killed because...': Yogi Adityanath's minister makes big claim
1 year, 8 months ago

'Opposition got Atiq Ahmed-Ashraf killed because...': Yogi Adityanath's minister makes big claim

India TV News  

Fearing that gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf might reveal secrets, the opposition parties got them killed, alleged Uttar Pradesh minister Dharampal Singh. Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as journalists in the middle of a media interaction on the night of April 15 while police personnel were escorting …

Al-Qaeda threatens attack on India over Atiq Ahmad murder
1 year, 8 months ago

Al-Qaeda threatens attack on India over Atiq Ahmad murder

Live Mint  

Terror outfit Al-Qaeda and it's Indian counterpart Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent have threatened to attack India over the murder of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad on live television last Saturday in Uttar Pradesh. Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf was murdered on 15 April, footage of which was captured on live television on news cameras outside a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. …

Atiq Ahmad killing: SIT recreates crime scene, quizzes police
1 year, 8 months ago

Atiq Ahmad killing: SIT recreates crime scene, quizzes police

Hindustan Times  

A special investigation team of Uttar Pradesh Police formed to probe the murders of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf last week recreated the crime scene in Prayagraj on Thursday. The committee, along with a forensic science laboratory team, visited the area outside Motilal Nehru Divisional Hospital, where Atiq and Ashraf were gunned down in full public view when …

SIT recreates Atiq Ahmed's murder scene at the same place in Prayagraj : Watch
1 year, 8 months ago

SIT recreates Atiq Ahmed's murder scene at the same place in Prayagraj : Watch

Op India  

On Thursday, April 20, the Special Investigation Team formed to probe the murder of Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf recreated the crime scene as part of its ongoing investigation. Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead while being taken for a medical checkup on 15th April 2023 at around 10:40 pm. #WATCH | Members of the …

Atiq Ahmed murder case: SIT recreates crime scene, Shaista still at large | Here's what happened so far
1 year, 8 months ago

Atiq Ahmed murder case: SIT recreates crime scene, Shaista still at large | Here's what happened so far

India TV News  

Atiq Ahmed murder case: The sensational assassination of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother continues to make headlines even after almost a week of the incident which occurred on April 15. STF team detains shooter Lavlesh's friends Meanwhile, the STF team also detained three friends of Lavlesh Tiwari, the main accused in the sensational killing, from Banda railway station on …

Atiq Ahmed murder UPDATES: Search operations underway for slain gangster's wife Shaista Parveen
1 year, 8 months ago

Atiq Ahmed murder UPDATES: Search operations underway for slain gangster's wife Shaista Parveen

India TV News  

Atiq Ahmed killing updates: A senior Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force officer on Wednesday will seek remand of the three assailants who shot dead gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf, and added all the questions regarding the killing will be answered. When asked about the Umesh Pal murder case accused Ahmad's wife Shaista Praveen and Guddu Muslim, who are …

Atiq Ahmed killing: Shooter makes BIG revelation during interrogation, tells police about murder's motive
1 year, 8 months ago

Atiq Ahmed killing: Shooter makes BIG revelation during interrogation, tells police about murder's motive

India TV News  

Atiq-Ashraf killings: Days after killing mafia-tuned politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed, one of three shooters made some big revelations during the police interrogation. Due to its NCR connection, the Gogi gang had given I-cards, a big camera and the ID of an NCR channel to shooters who posed as journalists before killing both gangsters. Atiq-Ashraf killing It …

Atiq Ahmed: Backlash over ‘breakdown in rule of law’ after former MP and brother gunned down live on TV in India
1 year, 8 months ago

Atiq Ahmed: Backlash over ‘breakdown in rule of law’ after former MP and brother gunned down live on TV in India

The Independent  

The killing of a former Indian MP Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf on live television has led to severe backlash against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party by the opposition. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee who heads the Trinamool Congress Party expressed “shock” at “the brazen anarchy and total collapse of law and order in Uttar Pradesh”. “The Chief …

Atiq Ahmed killing: Shooters shifted to Pratapgarh Jail
1 year, 8 months ago

Atiq Ahmed killing: Shooters shifted to Pratapgarh Jail

Op India  

The three assailants who gunned down Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed on the night of April 15, have been shifted from Prayagraj’s Naini Central Jail to the Pratapgarh district jail on Monday. “All three shooters, Arun Maurya, Sunny Singh and Lovelesh Tiwari, are under threat of attack behind bars, owing to which they have been shifted to a …

Atiq-Ashraf Double Murder: SIT Visits Dhoomanganj Police Station, Colvin Hospital — Action Taken So Far
1 year, 8 months ago

Atiq-Ashraf Double Murder: SIT Visits Dhoomanganj Police Station, Colvin Hospital — Action Taken So Far

ABP News  

The special investigation team probing the double murder of mafia brothers Atiq Ahmed and his brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf has started its proceedings in the case. The SIT first reached Prayagraj’s Dhoomanganj police station where the two were kept and spoke to the police personnel who were on duty at that time. The investigation team will also visit Colvin …

'If murdered…': Atiq Ahmad's mystery letter sent to Yogi Adityanath, CJI Chandrachud
1 year, 8 months ago

'If murdered…': Atiq Ahmad's mystery letter sent to Yogi Adityanath, CJI Chandrachud

Hindustan Times  

A letter by Atiq Ahmad - the gangster-politician shot dead in the custody of Uttar Pradesh Police - is on its way to Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, his lawyer said Tuesday morning. News of the dispatch of Atiq Ahmad's letter comes a day after Mishra told news agency ANI the gangster-politician's brother Ashraf - …

Supreme Court agrees to hear plea seeking probe into Atiq Ahmad-Ashraf killings
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court agrees to hear plea seeking probe into Atiq Ahmad-Ashraf killings

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to take up on April 24 a petition filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari seeking an independent inquiry into all encounter killings in Uttar Pradesh since 2017. Tiwari's plea also cited the murder of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf while in police custody in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on April 15. Uttar Pradesh Police …

Atiq Ahmed's wife letter to CM Yogi Adityanath surfaces; makes big claims on husband, Umesh Pal
1 year, 8 months ago

Atiq Ahmed's wife letter to CM Yogi Adityanath surfaces; makes big claims on husband, Umesh Pal

India TV News  

Atiq Ahmed's killing: Three days after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother were shot dead by three shooters in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, a letter of gangster's wife Shaista Parveen has surfaced which she had written to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. In her letter, Shaista alleged that senior cops under the orders of a minister were conspiring to kill Atiq Ahmed …

Three-member SIT to probe killing of Atiq, brother
1 year, 8 months ago

Three-member SIT to probe killing of Atiq, brother

The Hindu  

The Prayaraj Police have constituted a three-member special investigation team to probe the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Khalid Azim aka Ashraf inside a hospital complex on April 15. A separate three-member team of supervisors has also been formed by Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police R.K. Vishwakarma to ensure time-bound action in the murder case, which …

Atiq Ahmad's killers transferred to Pratapgarh District Jail over 'administrative' reasons
1 year, 8 months ago

Atiq Ahmad's killers transferred to Pratapgarh District Jail over 'administrative' reasons

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday transferred Lavalesh Tiwari, Sunny Singh and Arun Maurya, the three shooters who killed gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad on Saturday, have been transferred from Prayagraj’s Naini Central Jail to Pratapgarh District Jail. Atiq Ahmad, wanted in more than 100 cases including the murder of lawyer Umesh Pal, was shot dead along with his brother Ashraf while …

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