In fresh developments, UP police have arrested three persons in Banda district, who worked for a local news channel and gave crash course training in TV reporting to the three killers of mafia don Atiq Ahmed. In Prayagraj, Raj Kumar, a Congress candidate in municipal elections, laid tricolour flag on Atiq's grave and demanded that Bharat Ratna be given to …
Atiq Ahmad was already gaining notoriety in erstwhile Allahabad when the 1989 assembly elections were announced in Uttar Pradesh. Using the political churn in the region that decade, Ahmad had quickly established himself in the world of organised crime, using his fief to dictate local land deals, contracts and real estate developments. That reign ended on Saturday evening in a …
The death of gangster Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad and his shooter Ghulam in an encounter with UP Special Task Force in Jhansi on Thursday morning marks a watershed in UP politics, where till six years ago, gangsters used to roam free. Gangsters like Atiq Ahmed, who earlier used to nonchalantly say ‘dar kahey kaa’ are now saying that his entire …
