Several Opposition leaders on Saturday night time launched a scathing assault on the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh authorities quickly after the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf by three shooters close to a medical school in Prayagraj.

The taking pictures was caught on digicam as media individuals had been following the duo being escorted to the hospital by the police for a medical checkup. Three individuals had been seen firing from shut vary at Ahmed and his brother who fell to the bottom, whereas the police quickly overpowered the attackers.

Taking to Twitter, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi raised questions over regulation and order scenario in Uttar Pradesh.

“Atiq and his brother had been killed whereas in police custody and had been handcuffed. Slogans of JSR had been additionally raised. Their homicide is an ideal instance of Yogi’s massive failure of regulation and order. Those celebrating encounter-raj are equally accountable for this homicide,” Owaisi tweeted.

Echoing the similar sentiments, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said crime has reached its peak in the state. “When someone can be killed by firing openly amidst the security cordon of the police, then what about the safety of the general public? Due to this, an atmosphere of fear is being created among the public; it seems that some people are deliberately creating such an atmosphere,” Yadav tweeted in Hindi.

Meanwhile, in a cryptic tweet, UP Minister Swatantra Dev Singh stated, “Sin and advantage are accounted for on this start…”

Another UP minister and BJP leader Suresh Kumar Khanna said, “When crime reaches its peak…it is the decision of nature…”

The bullet-riddled our bodies of Ahmad and Ashraf had been taken away from the spot as stress gripped the world after the sensational killing.

Both of them had been introduced right here for a courtroom listening to in reference to the Umesh Pal homicide case.

Ahmad’s son Asad and an confederate had been killed in a police encounter in Jhansi on April 13. Their final rites had been performed earlier within the day.

(with inputs from PTI)

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