Days after the sensational daytime killing of a homicide witness in Uttar Pradesh, bulldozers confirmed up at the house of a near relative of gangster Atiq Ahmed, who’s accused of plotting the killing. On Friday, attorney Umesh Pal – a witness to the 2005 killing of a baby-kisser – changed into killed in a shootout simply out of doors his domestic in Prayagraj. His protection protect changed into additionally killed withinside the capturing with the aid of using 5 men.
The killing changed into deliberate with the aid of using gangster-turned-baby-kisser and previous Samajwadi Party chief Atiq Ahmed, in keeping with the police. Umesh Pal had witnessed the homicide of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Raju Pal, who changed into a sour rival of Atiq Ahmed. The police allege Atiq Ahmed, who’s in a prison in Ahmedabad, despatched 5 or six of his closest pals to kill the witness earlier than he ought to document his assertion earlier than the police.
Atiq Ahmed, alongside together along with his son Asad Ahmed and spouse and BSP chief Shaista Parveen, have been named withinside the FIR at the killing. One of the accused changed into killed in an alleged come upon with the police on Monday. This morning, bulldozers arrived to demolish the house in Prayagraj of Zafar Ahmed, every other near aide of Atiq Ahmed, who’s additionally lacking because the shootout. Reports advise Atiq Ahmed`s spouse and son have been additionally withinside the bungalow. Sources say all through a seek of the bungalow, the police located hands and ammunition.
Reports stated in advance today, the police raided Atiq Ahmed’s domestic in Lucknow and seized luxurious cars. Recently, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had lashed out on the Samajwadi Party withinside the assembly, pointing out that his authorities would “run the mafia into the ground”. “Is it now no longer real that the accused towards whom the FIR has been lodged, changed into made an MP with the aid of using Samajwadi Party? You improve and nurture all of the criminals, garland them after which blame others while against the law takes place. By doing this, you’re simply creating a spectacle of yourself,” the Chief Minister stated. Yogi Adityanath’s “bulldozer policy”, the time period that loosely describes the razing of houses of these accused of crime in Uttar Pradesh, has frequently been criticised as a way of selective targeting.