Uttar Pradesh

Apart from the murder of MLA Raju Pal, Atiq Ahmed was also named in Lucknow's infamous Guest House case

Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf Ahmad were shot dead by assailants on Saturday while being taken for a medical in Prayagraj. 

While Yogi Adityanath is known for his muscular approach to dealing with criminals and mafia syndicates, a lot about the killing of Atiq Ahmed did not particularly make a lot of sense and several questions have emerged ever since.

Three motorcycles, CD100SS, Passion Pro and Pulsar are seen in the Atiq Ahmed murder spot, creating confusion over the one use by the killers

The shooters who shot dead Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed had posed as journalists to kill him in Prayagraj on April 15.

"I will be killed in an encounter by either police or someone from my own criminal clan," Atiq Ahmed spoke about his inevitable death in 2004.

Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were gunned down by three assailants on Saturday, April 15 in Prayagraj.

Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were killed by three assailants on Saturday, April 15, when they were being taken for medical in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

A mob Muslims surrounded the journalist and manhandled him and the cameraman accompanying him.

The Uttar Pradesh Police, on April 13, arrested a Maulvi identified as Gulam Waris for molesting a minor girl in the Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh.