Bodies of Asad & Mohd Ghulam to reach Prayagraj today

PRAYAGRAJ: The bodies of don Atiq Ahmed's son Mohd Asad and shooter Mohd Ghulam, who were killed in an encounter in Jhansi on Thursday, are expected to reach Prayagraj from Jhansi on Saturday morning.
They are likely be laid to rest at a graveyard in Kasari Masari village.
Four family members of the gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed have reached Jhansi medical college on Friday to claim the body of Mohd Asad only.
The body was supposed to arrive on Friday itself but completing formalities at the morgue has led to the delay.
Reports said that no one from Ghulam’s family has claimed the body so far.
Meanwhile, Prayagraj police has made adequate security in old areas of the city like Kareli, Kasari Masari and Chakia and deployed additional police forces, including companies of RAF, to maintain law and order.
The areas considered pocket borough of the don witnessed an eerie silence with small groups of men and women being spotted near the ancestral house of Atiq at Chakia. The house was razed by the administration in September last year for not following building norms.
Chakia residents claimed it to be twin setback for Atiq who was recently sentenced to life in Umesh Pal kidnapping case which was followed by killing of his son.
A local shopkeeper at Khuldabad said “Killing of Asad is a major setback to Atiq and his family as they might have never imagined about it. But you reap what you sow.”
Most shops in the area remained shut and people refrained from making any comment.