A head of the urban local bodies elections in Uttar Pradesh, the encounter killing of Asad, son of mafia don Atiq Ahmed, has raked up a political controversy with opposition parties demanding a high level probe.
But the ruling BJP and state ministers were all praise for the UP police's Special Task Force for neutralising the criminals.
The SP, BSP and Congress have demanded a probe into the encounter.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lauded the UP DGP, Special DG and the entire police force along with the UPSTF for the encounter. Principal Secretary Home Sanjay Prasad briefed Chief Minister Adityanath about the incident.
Mr Adityanath also chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the law and order situation after after the encounter killing.
Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya congratulated the UP STF, saying that it was certain that the murderers of Umesh Pal would be punished. He said that criminals should be treated like criminals, nothing else.
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