‘Art of elimination…’: Kapil Sibal’s eight ‘odd’ points on Atiq Ahmad killing
Congress chief Kapil Sibal on Monday flagged 8 `odd’ factors approximately the killing of gangster-baby-kisser Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf – accused of the February homicide of legal professional Umesh Pal – whilst in police custody. The Congress chief tweeted: “Atiq and Ashraf (the artwork of elimination)” and indexed his 8 observations on their deaths.
The ‘odd’ factors raised protected questions on the overdue night time take a look at-up, police officers permitting media men and women to approach, the usage of high-powered and imported guns, and the truth that none of 3 killers made any try and escape.
“Odd:
1) 10pm for clinical take a look at up ?
2) No clinical emergency
3) made sufferers walk
4) open to media?
5) assassins unknown to every different on the spot ?
6) guns above 7lakhs
7) properly skilled to shoot !
8) All three surrendered”
Sibal’s questions – visible as directed to the Bharatiya Janata Party this is in energy in UP and on the centre – echo the ones raised via way of means of different competition leaders, which includes the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Tejashwi Yadav. The Bihar deputy leader minister ripped into the BJP this morning and claimed a ‘scripted’ come across.
Samajwadi Party leader and previous UP leader minister Akhilesh Yadav has additionally been essential of modern CM Yogi Adityanath and his administration.
He has declared the killing of Atiq Ahmad and Ashraf, and that of Atiq’s son Asad and his aide Ghulam, to be ‘fake’. These, he has stated, had been orchestrated via way of means of the ruling BJP to ‘divert interest from actual issues’ in advance of civic frame polls.
The killing of Atiq Ahmad’s son Asad and his aide Ghulam in an come across with UP Police final week had brought about comparable criticisms.
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi turned into mainly ferocious in his attack, declaring ‘you (the BJP) do encounters withinside the call of religion’.
Atiq Ahmad and Ashraf had been shot useless at factor clean variety overdue Saturday night time via way of means of 3 guys posing as journalists. This turned into as Atiq and Ashraf had been being walked – with an escort of armed policemen – for a ‘clinical take a look at-up’.
It is doubtful if Atiq and Ashraf had been experiencing a clinical emergency; if yes, ought to they now no longer had been in an ambulance? Both ought to have had recurring take a look at-ups finished after being arrested, in keeping with protocols. Police officials quoted in a few reviews cited a night time clinical take a look at-up as ‘unusual’.
Their killers – Arun Maurya, Lavlesh Tiwari and Sunny – made no attempt to escape. They had been despatched to judicial custody for 14 days. Police declare the trio killed Atiq and Ashraf to make a call for themselves some of the underworld.
Police similarly stated they recovered 3 pistols from the killers, of which had been 9mm weapons made in Turkey; the 0.33 turned into a country-made 7.sixty two weapon.
The complete incident turned into stuck stay on camera; Atiq turned into shot responding to a query on now no longer being capable of attend the funeral of his son Asad.
Atiq Ahmad, his brother and his son had been amongst the ones accused withinside the homicide of Umesh Pal, a witness to the 2005 killing of the Bahujan Samaj Party’s Raju Pal.
The UP authorities has spoke back via way of means of putting in place a 3-member judicial committee to analyze the killing of Atiq Ahmad and Ashraf. Faced with questions, UP Police has additionally installation a 3-member group of its own.
