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‘Our heritage is Ram Mandir, SP’s legacy tied to Atiq, Mukhtar': Yogi Adityanath
UP bypolls: Yogi Adityanath alleged the Samajwadi Party strayed far from the values and ideals upheld by Ram Manohar Lohia and Acharya Narendra Dev

Published on Nov 15, 2024 10:06 PM IST
17 U.P. cops awarded President’s Police Medal for Gallantry
List of awardees includes nine STF personnel, six of them were part of the team that gunned down Atiq’s son and aide in an encounter in Jhansi in April 2023

Updated on Aug 15, 2024 06:26 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
A year to killings of Atiq, Ashraf: Sangam city gears for polls without them but over their names
The police have attached properties worth several 100 crores belonging to Atiq, his kin, and associates.

Updated on Apr 15, 2024 05:20 AM IST
A year to killings of Atiq, Ashraf: Chargesheet filed against assailants, but mystery persists
The three assailants, identified as Lavlesh Tiwari, 22, from Banda, Mohit alias Sunny Purane, 23, and Arun Kumar Maurya, 18, from Kasganj, were arrested from the spot.

Updated on Apr 15, 2024 05:08 AM IST
My 19 years’ struggle has finally borne fruit: Pooja Pal
A special CBI court in Lucknow on Friday handed life term to six accused and four-year jail to another accused in the killing of her husband and former Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Raju Pal

Updated on Mar 30, 2024 06:12 AM IST
K Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj
Raju Pal murder case: 7 people convicted; murdered Atiq Ahmad was also accused
BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case: The convicted persons included Farhaan Ahmad, Abdul Kavi, Ranjeet Pal, Israr Ahmad, Javed, Gulhasan and Abid.

Updated on Mar 29, 2024 02:56 PM IST
Atiq’s financer among 29 made accused in Umesh Pal’s murder
Besides Atiq’s wife Shaista Parveen, all his sons were named in the FIR lodged by Umesh Pal’s wife Jaya Pal. Following further investigations in the case, police included names of Atiq’s other sons Umar, Ali and two others who are minors and are lodged in a Child Shelter Home. However, their remand is still to be made in the case, as per officials. Police have now included the name of Atiq’s relative and financer Khalid Zafar. Khalid was named in a case of extortion before Umesh Pal’s murder

Updated on Sep 07, 2023 12:48 AM IST
Atiq Ahmed's lawyer gifted iPhone to plan Umesh Pal murder: Report
Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's lawyer Vijay Mishra used to FaceTime with him and his brother Ashraf to conspire in the Umesh Pal murder.

Published on Aug 05, 2023 10:10 AM IST
Atiq’s lawyer met ‘mystery woman’ in Lucknow over sale of a benami property
The lawyer has been arrested in connection with the daylight murder of lawyer Umesh Pal and his two police guards in Prayagraj on February 24.

Updated on Jul 31, 2023 04:54 AM IST
Daily brief: Slain gangster Atiq Ahmad's sister seeks custody of his two sons
Here are today’s top news, analysis, and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times

Updated on Jul 28, 2023 08:56 PM IST
Atiq Ahmad's sister seeks custody of slain gangster's sons
Sister of gangster Atiq Ahmad seeks custody of his two minor sons from Child Protection Home in Prayagraj.

Updated on Jul 28, 2023 09:05 PM IST
Atiq-Ashraf murders: Judicial panel examines documents, quizzes cops, witnesses
A judicial commission investigating the double murder of gangster-politician brothers Atiq Ahmad and Khalid Azeem visited Prayagraj. They examined documents and cross-examined witnesses, including police officers, doctors, and locals. The commission aims to gather evidence and statements related to the case.

Updated on Jul 23, 2023 10:38 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Prayagraj
Atiq, Ashraf murders: SIT likely to file charge sheet by end of week
While the document mentions the motive and past records of the assailants, the investigation reportedly does not throw any light on who planned the murders or the role of a fourth person in the planning.

Updated on Jul 11, 2023 12:08 AM IST
Crackdown on Atiq aides: Illegal constructions on 200 bighas ‘demolished’
It was estimated that the lands on which the projects were coming up were worth around ₹100 crore.

Updated on Jun 20, 2023 12:53 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Prayagraj
Atiq aide Kavi was also hurt in attack on BSP MLA in 2005
Abdul Kavi was absconding for 18 years and on April 5, he surrendered before the CBI court in Lucknow. Kavi also had an FIR registered against him for assaulting a witness Om Prakash in Raju Pal murder case.

Updated on Jun 08, 2023 12:25 AM IST
After split in Atiq gang, battle of supremacy between slain gangsters’ wives
Atiq’s loyalists are backing Shaista while Ashraf’s brother-in-law Saddam is running the other gang with Zainab at the helm — both groups trying to take control of the original gang’s assets, say cops

Updated on Jun 02, 2023 10:46 PM IST
Lawyers’ body demands withdrawal of FIR against Atiq’s lawyer
Mishra was recently booked in an extortion case for allegedly demanding ₹3 crore from a plywood trader, who also claimed that the lawyer had threatened him.

Updated on May 29, 2023 12:18 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Prayagraj
40 days after Atiq-Ashraf murders, no ‘Chaliswa’ ritual performed
Police teams patrolled Chakia and Kasari Masari as a precautionary measure even as no rituals of ‘chaliswa’ were performed after completion of 40 days of the deaths of the brothers, at their ancestral home in Chakia locality.

Updated on May 26, 2023 12:41 AM IST
Atiq’s lawyer booked for demanding ₹3 crore as extortion
Mishra has denied all allegations of wrongdoing and said, “The FIR makes completely false allegations against me as part of a conspiracy to malign my image and harm my reputation.”

Updated on May 24, 2023 12:22 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Prayagraj
Atiq-Ashraf murders: Statements of cops on duty with slain brothers recorded
Twenty-one policemen were on duty to escort Atiq and Ashraf from Dhumanganj police station to Motilal Nehru (Colvin) Divisional Hospital for a court mandated medical examination while in police custody remand, when the brothers were gunned down by three assailants on the night of April 15.

Updated on May 19, 2023 12:17 AM IST
Atiq-Ashraf murders:SIT records statements of media persons, Judicial Commission issues summons
The SIT recorded statements of 9 of the 10 media persons to whom summons were issued and asked them for eye witness accounts, police said

Updated on May 15, 2023 06:27 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Prayagraj
Atiq’s lawyer tells police how and why Umesh Pal was murdered
After the heated exchange of words between Atiq and Umesh, Atiq’s wife Shaista had tried to pacify Umesh: Police

Updated on May 07, 2023 07:36 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Prayagraj
Atiq-Ashraf murders: Judicial panel inspects crime scene
The judicial commission carried out inspection of the spot on Friday evening. The members observed the crime scene minutely but did not recreate the events of the crime. However, they took detailed information about where the police jeep had stopped outside the hospital, how Atiq and Ashraf were taken out of the vehicle and escorted inside hospital premises on foot.

Updated on May 05, 2023 10:52 PM IST
Nature has a way of settling scores: Yogi Adityanath on Atiq Ahmad's turf
BJP government committed to the empowerment of people belonging to every section of society and does not believe in “divisive politics of appeasement, says CM

Updated on May 02, 2023 06:02 PM IST
Devoted homemaker to czarina of Atiq’s gang, Shaista remains an enigma to police
Parveen is currently believed to be guarding her husband’s illegal empire, comprising benami properties, shell companies, worth hundreds of crores.

Updated on Apr 30, 2023 09:59 PM IST
'Guddu Muslim expert in disguise, could be living with Hindu identity': Police
Guddu Muslim, involved in the murder of a lawyer and two police guards, has been evading police for over two months.

Updated on May 01, 2023 04:20 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Prayagraj
Fearing Atiq Ahmad-like shootout, Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan asks this
During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was booked for making inflammatory speeches while addressing a public meeting.

Published on Apr 29, 2023 03:19 PM IST
Two Atiq, Ashraf shooters used 4 SIM cards, third avoided phone: SIT
The three men involved in the double murder of Atiq Ahmad and his brother Khalid Azeem had used multiple SIM cards to communicate, but one of them had avoided using a phone altogether. The police have recovered two mobile phones and are investigating how the trio communicated with each other before the incident. The three assailants had also submitted counterfeit Aadhaar cards to stay at a hotel. The police have added the IPC section for committing fraud to the FIR lodged against them.

Updated on Apr 29, 2023 12:12 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Prayagraj
Evening brief: Supreme Court questions UP govt on Atiq Ahmad killing
Here are today’s top news, analysis, and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

Published on Apr 28, 2023 04:58 PM IST
'How did killers know?': SC's tough questions to UP govt over Atiq Ahmad killing
The top court asked the UP government how the killers got the knowledge that they were being taken to hospital.

Published on Apr 28, 2023 03:58 PM IST