Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Atiq Ahmed: The brazen murder of an Indian mafia don-turned-politician WWW.BBC.COM Atiq Ahmed, shot dead live on TV, built a fiefdom in northern India but his power had begun to wane. Quote It was all over in less than a minute. Footage from Saturday night shows mafia don-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed getting out from the back of a police jeep near a hospital in the city of Prayagraj, also known as Allahabad. A heavyset man, Ahmed, a former MP and convicted criminal, is helped down by a policeman and his brother Ashraf. The brothers are being led by a chain attached to their handcuffs. As they start walking, surrounded by a ring of police constables, local TV reporters besiege them - among them are gunmen pretending to be journalists. A second later, a gun is pulled close to his head, his white turban detaches from his head as he collapses to the ground. A moment later, his brother is also shot. Two gunmen and another man immediately surrender to the police. Quote Ahmed was accused of kidnappings, murders, extortion and land grabs. More than 100 cases were registered against him and he was said to be involved in as many more "but the victims were too afraid to lodge complaints", he added. Over two decades Ahmed had spells in prison but but he maintained his sway over Uttar Pradesh's underworld and ensured his men were protected. Quote On Thursday, his 19-year-old son Asad and an aide were killed by the police in a so-called encounter - with accusations flying that they were shot dead in a planned execution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Crazy ass shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Oh yeah that shit is nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Why is BBC even hosting a video that edits out the entire action they’re reporting? If they’re gonna be such cowards about it they might has well have only used the same picture as the thumbnail for the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 How prevalent is gun violence in India? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: How prevalent is gun violence in India? Not very prevalent at all. India averages less than 10,000 deaths by firearms per year which means that it barely registers on a per capita basis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unogueen Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 17 hours ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: Why is BBC even hosting a video that edits out the entire action they’re reporting? If they’re gonna be such cowards about it they might has well have only used the same picture as the thumbnail for the article. Fucking american. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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