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Allahabad HC grants parole to Atiq Ahmad’s jailed sons for brother’s funeral
Allahabad HC grants parole to Atiq Ahmad’s jailed sons for brother’s funeral
The Allahabad High Court on Friday granted parole to Mohammad Umar and Ali Ahmed, jailed sons of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad, to attend the burial of their 20-year-old brother Aban Ahmad. Aban…
The Story in Brief
The Allahabad High Court on Friday granted parole to Mohammad Umar and Ali Ahmed, jailed sons of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad, to attend the burial of their 20-year-old brother Aban Ahmad. Aban and his friend Sonu died on Thursday when their SUV crashed into a road divider on the Kanpur-Jhansi highway in Uttar Pradesh.
Aban was travelling to Jhansi jail to meet his brothers when the accident occurred around 10.30 am. A friend who survived, Mohammad Umar, told PTI the car was speeding and the driver lost control. Police are examining CCTV footage. The court barred Umar and Ali from speaking to the media or any public gathering. Aban will be buried at Kasari Masari graveyard in Prayagraj on Saturday morning.
The Indian Opinion
The court's swift parole order was proper, denying last rites would have been cruel. Yet the conditions imposed, barring public speeches and media interaction, show the authorities remain wary of the clan's ability to create a spectacle even in mourning. Atiq Ahmad's sons were killed in police custody and encounter; now a third dies in a speeding SUV. The coincidence invites scrutiny, not conspiracy theories. Will the police release the CCTV footage from the highway, and if so, will it show what the surviving passengers described?
Sources (2): livemint.com, hindustantimes.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
