The gangster-turned-politician has over 100 cases registered against him including kidnapping, murder, extortion, extortion and land-grabbing, 60-year-old Atiq Ahmed, who was elected as MLA and then MP, has had a long run with crime for more than two years. having a relationship. decade.
Just two weeks before his untimely death, he had approached the Supreme Court seeking protection and fearing that he would be killed in a “fake encounter”, but the court said the state would protect him.
The state government has announced a three-member commission headed by a former high court judge to probe possible lapses in the security operation.
Despite the shocking killings, civil society activists and individuals documenting the role of the police in northern Uttar Pradesh have raised serious concerns about whether state-sanctioned extrajudicial killings have created an atmosphere of lawlessness.
Police data shows that there have been over 10,900 police encounters in the state since March 2017, when Yogi Adityanath first took over as chief minister. A total of 183 alleged criminals have been killed in encounters in six years.