Atiq Ahmad murder: Owaisi requires resignation of UP CM, SC-monitored probe

By PTI

HYDERABAD: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday attacked the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh over the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the incident and urged for a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the matter.

Alleging that the BJP was working the federal authorities in Uttar Pradesh by “rule by gun” and by no means rule of regulation, Owaisi said this had been persevering with ever given that BJP authorities was formed in 2017.

A day after Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf have been shot ineffective in Uttar Pradesh, the Hyderabad MP termed the killings cold-blooded murder.

“You see the way the weapons were fired. It is cold-blooded murder and they (those involved in the killings) are professionals. How much is the role of BJP’s Uttar Pradesh government and who are these people who in the presence of police and media resorted to cold-blooded murder? Who told them? What is their background and why didn’t the police stop them? And for this it is needed that Supreme-Court-monitored investigation should be done into this incident,” Owaisi suggested reporters proper right here.

Condemning the incident, the AIMIM chief said it is not solely Indian Muslims, nevertheless all these residents of the nation who think about in rule of regulation and the Constitution, “all of them feel weak today”.

He charged that there was radicalisation inside the majority neighborhood.

“Who are these people? Those who were involved in yesterday’s killings if they are not related to the Uttar Pradesh government. I am raising a question. I don’t know if they are related or not. And how did they got radicalised? How come they got these weapons?” Owaisi requested.

“These are highly radicalised elements. Who are these people, after firing (they) raise religious slogans What will you call them if not terrorists? Will you call them ‘Desh Bhakts’? Will you garland them?” he requested and slammed these which were celebrating the incident.

Owaisi said the entire accountability lay on the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.

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“We demand the resignation of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. The Supreme Court should suo-motu take cognisance of the matter and form a team to investigate the incident and there should be no officials from Uttar Pradesh in that team. I plead to the Supreme Court,” Owaisi said.

The workers must carry out investigations in a time-bound technique and it must report again to the Supreme Court, he said and demanded that all these police personnel who’ve been present there (via the incident) be far from service.

Atiq Ahmad (60) and his brother Ashraf have been shot ineffective at point-blank differ by three males posing as journalists in the midst of a media interaction on Saturday night time time whereas police personnel have been escorting them to a medical faculty in Prayagraj for a checkup.

HYDERABAD: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday attacked the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh over the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf and demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the incident and urged for a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the matter.

Alleging that the BJP was working the federal authorities in Uttar Pradesh by “rule by gun” and by no means rule of regulation, Owaisi said this had been persevering with ever given that BJP authorities was formed in 2017.

A day after Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf have been shot ineffective in Uttar Pradesh, the Hyderabad MP termed the killings cold-blooded murder.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“You see the way the weapons were fired. It is cold-blooded murder and they (those involved in the killings) are professionals. How much is the role of BJP’s Uttar Pradesh government and who are these people who in the presence of police and media resorted to cold-blooded murder? Who told them? What is their background and why didn’t the police stop them? And for this it is needed that Supreme-Court-monitored investigation should be done into this incident,” Owaisi suggested reporters proper right here.

Condemning the incident, the AIMIM chief said it is not solely Indian Muslims, nevertheless all these residents of the nation who think about in rule of regulation and the Constitution, “all of them feel weak today”.

He charged that there was radicalisation inside the majority neighborhood.

“Who are these people? Those who were involved in yesterday’s killings if they are not related to the Uttar Pradesh government. I am raising a question. I don’t know if they are related or not. And how did they got radicalised? How come they got these weapons?” Owaisi requested.

“These are highly radicalised elements. Who are these people, after firing (they) raise religious slogans What will you call them if not terrorists? Will you call them ‘Desh Bhakts’? Will you garland them?” he requested and slammed these which were celebrating the incident.

Owaisi said the entire accountability lay on the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.

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“We demand the resignation of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. The Supreme Court should suo-motu take cognisance of the matter and form a team to investigate the incident and there should be no officials from Uttar Pradesh in that team. I plead to the Supreme Court,” Owaisi said.

The workers must carry out investigations in a time-bound technique and it must report again to the Supreme Court, he said and demanded that all these police personnel who’ve been present there (via the incident) be far from service.

Atiq Ahmad (60) and his brother Ashraf have been shot ineffective at point-blank differ by three males posing as journalists in the midst of a media interaction on Saturday night time time whereas police personnel have been escorting them to a medical faculty in Prayagraj for a checkup.