Authorities are putting all-out efforts to unearth Atiq’s unaccounted properties that are estimated to be of several thousand crores. The UP government in a recent statement claimed to have already seized properties and assets worth around Rs 1,169 crore belonging to him.
Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, who was gunned down on Saturday, reportedly had links to Pakistan’s ISI and the terror-group Laskar-e-Taiba. The arms used to kill Umesh Pal reportedly came from the neighbouring nation. Even, the Zigana pistol that was fired at Ahmed has a Pakistan connection