By Online Desk

Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad’s son Asad Ahmad, who was wanted in witness Umesh Pal’s murder case, has been killed in an encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Jhansi. Another man Ghulam was killed too.

Some sophisticated foreign-made weapons were recovered from them, said STF sources.

Asad Ahmad had a Rs 5 lakh bounty on his head.

Media reports say that the marriage of Asad was fixed with Atiq’s sister Ayesha Noori’s daughter. The two had gotten engaged last year. 

Atiq Ahmad on Wednesday claimed he was being harassed in the Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat. He also claimed that his family was ruined. When reporters told him that the government has said he will be decimated, Ahmad claimed, “They have already decimated me. I am also being harassed in the Sabarmati jail.”

On March 28, the court there had sentenced Ahmad and two others to life imprisonment in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case.

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<br /> Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad’s son Asad Ahmad, who was wanted in witness Umesh Pal’s murder case, has been killed in an encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Jhansi. Another man Ghulam was killed too.</p> <p>Some sophisticated foreign-made weapons were recovered from them, said STF sources.</p> <p>Asad Ahmad had a Rs 5 lakh bounty on his head.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });</p> <p>Media reports say that the marriage of Asad was fixed with Atiq’s sister Ayesha Noori’s daughter. The two had gotten engaged last year. </p> <p>Atiq Ahmad on Wednesday claimed he was being harassed in the Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat. He also claimed that his family was ruined. When reporters told him that the government has said he will be decimated, Ahmad claimed, “They have already decimated me. I am also being harassed in the Sabarmati jail.”</p> <p>On March 28, the court there had sentenced Ahmad and two others to life imprisonment in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case.</p> <p>ALSO READ | BSP won’t field Atiq Ahmad’s wife Shaista Parveen in Prayagraj mayoral polls: Mayawati<br />