Yogi Adityanath’s “mafiaaon ko mitti me mila denge” threat definitely had him in mind as gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad told reporters on Wednesday from inside a police van: “I am totally reduced to dust, but please don’t trouble the women and children of my family now.”
The 60-year-old former Samajwadi Party MLA was transported by vehicle from Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Central Jail to a prison in Prayagraj, more than 1000 kilometres away, in connection with the murder case of Umesh Pal. He is accused of more than 100 crimes in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Tuesday night, the police convoy transporting Ahmad to Prayagraj departed from the Sabarmati Jail and crossed the Uttar Pradesh border from Jhansi at at 8.45 am. The group arrived at the Naini Central Prison at 6.
