Controversial Encounters: Insights from Top Officials and Politicians
The son of former MP and gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad, who was killed in a police encounter in Jhansi on Thursday, had fired the first bullet, a senior police officer told NDTV on Thursday, refuting allegations of a staged killing. Asad Ahmad and his associate Ghulam, who were wanted for the murder of a key witness in a 2005 case involving their father, were shot dead by the Special Task Force (STF) of the state police after they allegedly fired at the officers.