Keshav Maurya hailed UP police special task for encounter said, “I congratulate UP STF for this action. Police fired in retaliation after they (Asad and his aide Ghulam) fired upon them.” “It is a message to criminals that this is the new India. It is Yogi govt in UP, not Samajwadi Party in power which gave protection to criminals,” he said.
Earlier in a tweet, Maurya said that the killers of Umesh Pal and police personnel had to meet this fate.”Congratulations to UP STF, this was the fate of the killers of Umesh Pal Advocate and police personnel!” the Deputy Chief Minister tweeted in Hindi.
“Asad, son of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and Ghulam S/o Maksudan, both wanted in Umesh Pal murder case of Prayagraj and carrying a reward of Rupees five lakhs each; killed in an encounter with the UPSTF team led by DySP Navendu and DySP Vimal at Jhansi. Sophisticated foreign-made weapons recovered,” UP STF said.
Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were brought to the CJM Court in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh this morning.