Gangster Atiq Ahmed was shot at least nine times in his shocking murder on camera outside a hospital in Uttar Pradesh Saturday night, the autopsy report has found.
The murders of Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed raised critical questions regarding the cops' security arrangements for the high-profile prisoners and their response to the shooting.
"We are keeping vigil. After looking at the sensitivity of the situation in the district we are on alert. We are talking to the public to maintain peace," Avinash Pandey, Mau Superintendent of Police told ANI.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a late-night meeting instructed the state police officers to be on high alert and ensure law and order are maintained across the state after mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and brother Ashraf were sh
Without taking names, in a tweet in Hindi, Priyanka Gandhi said the law of the country is written in the Constitution and this law is paramount. It should be the endeavour of all of us that the justice system and the rule of law should be supreme.