Atiq Ahmed Close Aide Arrested After Encounter In UP's Prayagraj: Cops

During interrogation, the injured man revealed his name to be Mohammad Nafees alias Nafees Biryani, a key accused in the Umesh Pal murder case.

 A reward-carrying close aide of slain mafia don Atiq Ahmed was arrested by the Prayagraj Police here after a gunfire encounter on Wednesday night.

According to a statement issued by Prayagraj Police, two men drove through a police barricade during a check near the Anapur outpost of Nawabganj Police Station and opened fire at police.

Police in retaliatory fire shot one of them in the leg and apprehended him, while the other managed to escape, the statement read. The wounded man was admitted to a hospital for treatment.