PRAYAGRAJ: Under tight police security, the final ceremonies for Asad Ahmed, the son of Atiq Ahmed, a former gangster-turned-politician, took place at the Kasari Masari cemetery on Saturday. Due to restrictions, only a few distant relatives and locals were granted entry to the burial site.
The burial lasted for an hour, police said.
“The last rites of Asad Ahmed have been completed, and it went for an hour. A few distant relatives of Atiq and some people of the locality were allowed to go to the graveyard. This was necessary from the security point of view,” said joint commissioner of police, Prayagraj, Akash Kulhari.
Earlier, Asad’s uncle, Usman, reached the graveyard with the body of his nephew.
Media was strictly restricted from entering the heavily guarded graveyard.
Atiq had on Friday sought permission from a magistrate to attend the funeral of his son. His lawyer Manish Khanna had told PTI that since Friday was a holiday on account of Ambedkar Jayanti, the request had been sent to the remand magistrate.
However, the burial took place before Atiq’s application could be presented in the court of chief judicial magistrate on Saturday.
Asad and his accomplice Ghulam, both wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, were shot dead in an exchange of fire with the Uttar Pradesh Police near Jhansi on Thursday.
With inputs from PTI
The burial lasted for an hour, police said.
“The last rites of Asad Ahmed have been completed, and it went for an hour. A few distant relatives of Atiq and some people of the locality were allowed to go to the graveyard. This was necessary from the security point of view,” said joint commissioner of police, Prayagraj, Akash Kulhari.
Earlier, Asad’s uncle, Usman, reached the graveyard with the body of his nephew.
Media was strictly restricted from entering the heavily guarded graveyard.
Atiq had on Friday sought permission from a magistrate to attend the funeral of his son. His lawyer Manish Khanna had told PTI that since Friday was a holiday on account of Ambedkar Jayanti, the request had been sent to the remand magistrate.
However, the burial took place before Atiq’s application could be presented in the court of chief judicial magistrate on Saturday.
Asad and his accomplice Ghulam, both wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, were shot dead in an exchange of fire with the Uttar Pradesh Police near Jhansi on Thursday.
With inputs from PTI