Atiq Ahmed killing: Uttar Pradesh files status report in SC, says police reforms underway
The state of Uttar Pradesh has informed the Supreme Court that its police department has undergone a comprehensive modernization process.
The state of Uttar Pradesh has informed the Supreme Court that its police department has undergone a comprehensive modernization process.
CM Yogi Adityanath interacted with children at the site of the flats that have been handed over to the beneficiaries. He also inspected the flats for the poor.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will on June 30 inspect flats built on land confiscated from slain gangster Atiq Ahmed.
After the shots were fired, three men who were posing as journalists quickly surrendered and were taken into custody.
Abdul Qavi, a key aide of Atiq Ahmed, has informed investigators that the slain gangster used villages on the banks of the river Yamuna in Kaushambhi as safehouses for his arsenal.
In an attempt to tighten the noose on Atiq Ahmed's gang members, the Bareilly police have filed charge sheet against nine people, including two jail guards and the slain gangster's close aide Mohd Raza, in connection with the case related to his Ashraf Ahmed's secret meetings in jail.
The prevailing public impression is that police encounters are generally illegal and mostly fake. This, however, is an erroneous impression. Encounters per se are not illegal. The Criminal Procedure Code and the Indian Penal Code, permit use of force in exercise of the right of private defence. Section 46(3) of the CRPC empowers police to use force to the extent of causing death of a person accused of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life if such a person resists arrest or intends to evade arrest. Thus, an encounter per se is neither illegal nor indefensible. Unfortunately many fake encounters also take place.
In a shocking development, the forensic examination report has confirmed that the blood stains found in the partially demolished office of gangster Atiq Ahmed in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj district was human blood, police said.
According to the police, Atiq had confessed about his links with the ISI in police custody before his murder.
The chilling murder in full view of surrounding media crews drew censure from Opposition forces, who voiced concern over the prevailing law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh.
