Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav (File picture)

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Yadav in aa tweet mentioned, “Crime has reached its peak in UP and the morale of the criminals is high. What about the safety of the general public when some are shot dead amidst the security cordon of the police personnel?”

He additional added, “Due to this, an atmosphere of fear is being created among the public, it seems that some people are deliberately creating such an atmosphere.”

Akhilesh Yadav’s tweet:

The video of the incident additionally surfaced on-line. In the video, it may very well be seen that Atiq and his brother got here out of a police van and began answering the media about not attending his son’s funeral when the assailants opened fired on them. They accused got here posing as journalists.