Days after Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad was killed in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi, the mafia-turned-politician and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were killed on Saturday while being taken for a medical in Prayagraj.
Atiq Ahmed was accused in the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case and also in the Umesh Pal murder case, which happened in February this year. Further details are awaited.
Asad was killed on April 13 in an encounter in Jhansi. He was killed along with Ghulam, both of whom were wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case in Prayagraj.
Each of them carried a reward of Rs 5 lakhs on their heads. The police said that foreign-made weapons were recovered.
“Asad, son of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, and Ghulam S/o Maksudan, both wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case of Prayagraj and carrying a reward of rupees five lakhs each, were killed in an encounter with the UPSTF team led by DySP Navendu and DySP Vimal at Jhansi. “Sophisticated foreign-made weapons were recovered,” the UP STF said.
Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were brought to the CJM Court in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on the same day Asad was killed in the encounter.