Uttar Pradesh: In a dramatic turn, Aisha Noori, sister of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf Ahmed, has moved Supreme Court seeking a comprehensive probe headed by a retired judge or by an independent agency into alleged 'extrajudicial killings' carried out by the government. As per reports, Norri has also sought an investigation into the encounter killing of her nephew and Atiq Ahmed’s son.
Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead while being in police custody in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj district on April 15. "The petitioner, who has lost her brothers and nephew in 'state-sponsored killings', is constrained to approach this court through the instant writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution, seeking a comprehensive inquiry by a committee headed by a retired judge of this court or in the alternative by an independent agency into a campaign of 'extra-judicial' killings carried out by the respondents," the plea submitted.
"The respondents-police authorities are enjoying full support of the Uttar Pradesh government which appears to have granted them complete impunity to kill, arraign, arrest, and harass members of the petitioner's family as part of a vendetta," it alleged.
Gangsters Atiq Ahmed, brother Ashraf were named in UP Police chargesheet
Slain gangsters Atiq Ahmed and his family have been named accused in Umesh Pal murder case by Uttar Pradesh Police in its chargesheet which was filed on Friday (May 26). Umesh Pal and his two police security guards were shot dead on February 24 outside his residence in Prayagraj's Dhoomanganj area. In this case, many shooters including the entire family of Atiq Ahmed have been made accused.'
Based on a complaint from Jaya Pal, a case was registered on February 25 against gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad, his brother Ashraf, wife Shaista Parveen, two sons, aides Guddu Muslim and Ghulam, and nine others. On March 28, an MP-MLA court held Atiq Ahmed and two others guilty in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
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