On April 13, 2023, two individuals, including the son of the infamous gangster and former MP Atiq Ahmed, were killed in an ‘encounter’ by the Uttar Pradesh police in Jhansi. Asad Ahmed and Ghulam were accused in the murder of Umesh Pal, a lawyer who was shot dead in front of his Allahabad residence on February 24 in broad daylight. Pal was the prime witness in the assassination of BSP MLA Raju Pal in 2005, in which Atiq Ahmed was the prime accused.According to reports, Asad and Ghulam were killed during an encounter with a squad from the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF). Some weapons, cellular devices and SIM cards were from the individuals.The Wire‘s Yaqut Ali reports the entire sequence of events in this video.
