UP Minister’s Cryptic “Sin, Advantage” Tweet As Gangster Atiq Ahmed Shot Lifeless

Gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother have been shot lifeless in Uttar Pradesh whereas they have been chatting with media in police custody, quickly after a UP minister tweeted about “sin and advantage”.

“Sin and advantage are accounted for on this beginning,” tweeted Swatantra Dev Singh, Jal Shakti Minister within the state.

पाप-पुण्य का हिसाब इसी जन्म में होता है…

— Swatantra Dev Singh (@swatantrabjp) April 15, 2023

The capturing that occurred round 10 pm was caught on digicam as mediapersons have been following the handcuffed males, who have been being taken to the hospital by police for a medical checkup.

“When crime reaches its peak…it’s the resolution of nature…,” mentioned state minister Suresh Kumar Khanna talking concerning the killings.

#WATCH | “When crime reaches its peak…it’s the resolution of nature…”: UP state minister & BJP chief Suresh Kumar Khanna on #AtiqAhmed & his brother Ashraf Ahmed shot lifeless in Prayagraj pic.twitter.com/sZBQqNkhS5

— ANI (@ANI) April 15, 2023

A senior police officer mentioned three folks have been arrested in reference to the incident, which occurred simply two days after Atiq Ahmed’s son was killed in a police encounter in Jhansi.

Officers mentioned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has shaped a three-member judicial fee to probe the killing of Ahmed and his brother.

“Crime has reached its peak in Uttar Pradesh and the criminals are unfazed. When somebody might be shot lifeless amidst a police cordon, then what concerning the security of most people? An environment of worry is being created among the many public attributable to this and evidently some persons are intentionally creating such an environment,” mentioned Akhilesh Yadav reacting to the incident.

A police crew from Uttar Pradesh introduced Ahmed, who was lodged within the high-security Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, to Prayagraj on March 26 to supply him in a court docket within the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case.

On March 28, the court docket sentenced Ahmad and two others to life imprisonment within the kidnapping case.

In 2006, Ahmed and his aides kidnapped Umesh Pal and compelled him to provide a press release in court docket of their favour. Umesh Pal had acquired a criticism registered on this regard. Ahmad was named in additional than 100 prison circumstances, together with the Umesh Pal homicide case, police mentioned.

Among the many most sensational murders through which Ahmed was allegedly concerned was that of Raju Pal, the then BSP MLA who was shot lifeless in 2005.

Ahmed moved the Supreme Courtroom for cover, claiming that he and his household have been falsely implicated within the Umesh Pal homicide case and he could also be killed in a pretend encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Police.