Atiq Ahmed Killing: Section 144 Imposed In All 75 Districts Of Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow: Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) has been imposed in all districts of Uttar Pradesh to maintain the law and order situation after gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother were shot dead by three men on Saturday night.

Reportedly, Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf were shot dead while they were being taken for medical tests. They were killed in full view of people and the murders were caught on cameras of the media persons.

Notably,  Ahmed and his brother, a former MLA, had been taken into police custody on April 13 in connection with the February 24 murder of Umesh Pal, the key witness in the 2005 murder of Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Raju Pal. The investigators had kept the brothers at the Dhoomanganj police station.