The Police took cognizance of the event and immeditely ordered removal of the posters. The police also filed a complaint in the case under sections 293, 294 and 153 IPC after Vishwa Hindu Parishad lodged a police complaint over posters.
Prayagraj Congress leader Rajkumar Singh was arrested and expelled from party after he demanded Bharat Ratna for Atiq Ahmed and saluted the grave after placing tricolour on it
Shaista Parveen, wife of gangster Atiq Ahmed, has been on the run. She had not even attended funerals of her gangster son Asad, husband and brother in law in a bid to evade arrest.
Hours after media reports claimed that low-intensity crude bombs were hurled at deceased mafia don Atiq Ahmed's lawyer Vijay Mishra's house in Prayagraj, UP police called news 'baseless'
"Now gangsters and mafia cannot threaten businessmen over phone. Uttar Pradesh today promises a better law and order situation," UP CM Yogi Adityanath said.