Prayagraj shedding don Atiq’s legacy post initial fear psychosis

Normal activities were yet to resume in Kasari-Masari, the place where gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad’s ancestral house is located, and adjoining areas of Prayagraj on Monday, a day after Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were buried in their native place. The sensitive places in Allahabad West assembly constituency, which was the stronghold of the former Lok Sabha MP, on Monday, continued to witness heavy deployment of police personnel.
Kasari-Masari falls in the Allahabad West assembly constituency. A few shops opened in areas adjoining Chakia-Rajrooppur, Kareli and Khuldabad. Police are conducting patrolling in the sensitive places in the area, sources said. People were reluctant to speak about the gunning down of Ahmad and Ashraf on Saturday night, even as internet services remained suspended in the city. However, normalcy returned to other parts of the city, including in and around Civil Line bus depot and Hanuman Temple on Monday. Normal traffic was seen on the roads of the city with the office goers and school children rushing to their destinations.
The police sources said that the police may submit an application in the court in a day or two seeking remand of three assailants — Lavlesh Tiwari (a resident of Banda), Mohit alias Sunny (Hamirpur) and Arun Maurya (Kasganj) — who killed Ahmad and his brother Ashraf. On Sunday, the three attackers were sent to 14-day judicial custody by a local court.