Atiq Ahmed s son Asad and his aide Ghulam had a reward of Rs 5 lakh on their heads. Asad Ahmed had been captured by a CCTV camera during the attack on Umesh Pal and was on the run.
Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday slammed the BJP after Asad, son of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and shooter Ghulam, both wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, were killed in an encounter.
The AIMIM MP came down heavily on the BJP and accused it of targeting the Muslims and bulldozing their houses in all states where it is in power and conducting fake encounters for political mileage.