Asad Ahmad Encounter News LIVE Updates: Intel Stated Asad Could 'Attack Police Convoy to Free Don-Dad Atiq'; Akhilesh, Mayawati Demand Probe

After gangster Atiq Ahmad’s son Asad Ahmad was killed in an encounter, a senior Uttar Pradesh cop said they had information of a possible attack on a police convoy in Jhansi to free the former legislator.

Additional Director General Law & Order Prashant Kumar said the police convoy carrying Atiq used to pass through Jhansi to reach Prayagraj. READ MORE

“I thank CM Yogi for serving justice and I appeal to him to give us justice ahead also. We have full faith in CM,” Umesh Pal’s family said.

CM Yogi Adityanath said there is a rule of law in the state and gangsters and mafias will not be spared.

Gangster Atiq Ahmad said his son Asad was killed in an encounter because of him.

BSP chief Mayawati demanded a high-level probe into Asad Ahmad’s encounter.

Prashant Kumar, Special DG, Law & Order, Uttar Pradesh said the police had information that to help the accused Atiq and Ashraf escape there could be an attack on the police convoy bringing them back to UP in the case (Umesh Pal murder case). In view of this information, teams of civil police and special forces were deployed, he said.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav termed the encounter of Asad Ahmed’s encounter as fake and demanded a probe.

After Asad Ahmed’s encounter, Prashant Kumar, ADG, Law & Order, Uttar Pradesh said that the government has adopted a zero-tolerance policy against the mafia. “The result of this policy is before everyone today.”

The head of the UP STF Amitabh Yash told News18, “We were after him (Asad) from Day 1. We tracked him to Jhansi today — they had not fled the country. Earlier, we missed them but this time we have got them. Foreign-made weapons have been recovered from him. They were using secure means of information.” READ MORE

Samajwadi Party spokesperson criticised Asad Ahmed’s encounter and asked if party chief Akhilesh Yadav was also on UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s encounter list.

Here’s how politicians reacted to Asad Ahmed’s encounter. Asad and Ghulam were wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case of Prayagraj and were carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh each.

Old video of Yogi Adityanath’s warning to mafia’s — ‘mitti mein mila’ denge resurfaces on social media post encounter of Asad Atiq Ahmed and Mohammad Ghulam.

After the encounter of former MP Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad and his aide, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath held a meeting on law and order situation. CM Yogi praised UP STF as well as DGP, Special DG law and order and the entire team. Sanjay Prasad, Principal Secretary Home informed the CM about the encounter. A report was placed in front of the CM on this whole matter, UP CMO stated.

Guddu Muslim, another accused in Umesh Pal murder case, is now on the radar of Uttar Pradesh STF. After Asad and Ghulam’s encounter, sources say that UP STF team is trying to nab Guddu, who is said to be hiding in Rajasthan’s Ajmer.

After UP CM Yogi Adityanath warned of a crackdown on mafia and criminals in the state, Atiq had repeatedly claimed that there was threat to his life and that his family was completely ruined. A few years ago, a very similar incident had taken place where 50-year-old Dubey, who had hogged the headlines after his henchmen allegedly shot dead eight police personnel in a botched raid that he had converted into an ambush. READ MORE

Asad Atiq Ahmed and his close aide Ghulam were killed near Parichha Dam, on the Jhansi-Kanpur Highway in the town of Parichha. Police sources said that Asad and Ghulam were hiding in the area near the dam between Bada Gaon and Chirgaon police station area.

Intelligence agencies suspect a common hand behind these ‘most wanted’ getting a safe sanctuary in Nepal — Pakistan’s ISI, which has a strong network in Nepal. CLICK TO READ MORE.

Caught on camera, a by-stander at CJM court in Prayagraj threw a bottle at Atiq Ahmed, who was brought to the court for an appearance in Umesh Pal murder case.

Atiq has two more sons, Azham and Aban, who are minors and are studying in Class 10 and 8 respectively. Azham and Aban are presently lodged in a juvenile centre after the police said they found them roaming aimlessly after the murder of Umesh Pal while their mother Shaista Parveen filed an application in court that the police had taken them away from her home. Parveen, too, is an accused in the Umesh Pal case and is said to be missing.

Ali and Umar Ahmed had surrendered in courts last year in July after rewards were declared on both of them by investigating agencies. The brother feared they may be eliminated in encounters. It is then that Asad took over the reins of the gang, UP police officials suspect.