UP Police tried to capture former MP Atiq Ahmed’s son and aide alive, claims FIR

The Uttar Pradesh Police tried to capture jailed gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s son and an aide alive during a “gunfight” on Thursday, the first information report filed in the case claimed, according to NDTV.

Atiq Ahmed’s 19-year-old son Asad Ahmed and the aide named Ghulam were killed by the police in a “gunfight” on Thursday. They both were wanted in the murder case of lawyer Umesh Pal and were were carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh each.

The manner of killings had raised questions whether the incident was staged. Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav had described the “gunfight” as “fake encounter”.

However, on Thursday, the police dismissed allegations that the killings were staged.

The FIR, filed at the Badagaon police station in Jhansi district, stated that police officials intercepted Asad and Ghulam while they were riding two motorcycles that did not have registered number plates.

According to the police, when the officials asked them to stop, they tried to escape by taking an unpaved road. However, they were surrounded by the police, the FIR said.

“The members of both the [Special Task Force] teams, who had surrounded them, tried to reach within their firing range without caring for their lives and tried to catch them alive, but had to return fire in self-defence in view of the indiscriminate firing from...

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