A few days after Atiq Ahmed’s murder, UP CM Yogi said, no mafia can scare anyone in the state.

Days after gangster Atiq Ahmed was killed, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that now no mafia or criminal can threaten anyone in the state.

Addressing a program in the state, the Chief Minister said that those who were a threat to UP earlier did not stand a chance and UP is now a threat to them.

He further pointed out that earlier – during the Samajwadi Party’s rule – the state was known for riots and had witnessed over 700 such incidents between 2012 and 2017.

But after 2017, he said that there has not been a single riot in the state, nor has there been any need to impose curfew. He said, ‘People got scared just by the name of many districts. There is no need to fear now,” he said.

The government under him guarantees “effective law and order arrangements”, the chief minister highlighted.

His comments come days after Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were being taken by the police to a hospital in Prayagraj for medical examination when they were shot from close range on Saturday night.

Police officers accompanying the Ahmed brothers at the time of the incident arrested Lavlesh Tiwari (22) resident of Banda, Mohit alias Sunny (23) resident of Hamirpur and Arun Maurya (18) from Kasganj after shooting them. Tiwari was injured in the cross firing, which resulted in injuries to a police officer as well.

The police have charged the three men with murder, attempt to murder and violation of the Arms Act. During the investigation, at least two firearms were recovered from the shooting site.

Ahmed’s death comes two days after Atiq’s son Asad was killed in an encounter in Jhansi.

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