In their editorials, English-language newspapers highlighted how the killings pointed to a complete breakdown of the rule of law in Uttar Pradesh, and should be seen as a law and order crisis.
Meanwhile, bodies of Atiq's son Asad Ahmed and his associate Ghulam Hussain were brought to Prayagraj by road under heavy police security on Saturday morning for their burial.
It’s the third encounter in the case related to the February 24 murder of Umesh Pal. It is also the third encounter in the first 13 days of April by the Uttar Pradesh police.
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