Atiq Ahmed killing | Sister of the slain don-turned-politician alleges State ‘vendetta’ in Supreme Court

Slain U.P gangster Atiq Ahead’s sister Aisha Noori, knocks SC’s door for probe into the campaign of extrajudicial killings orchestrated by the Uttar Pradesh government

Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad’s sister has approached the Supreme Court claiming the Uttar Pradesh government and the State Police “responsible” for the deaths of her two brothers and a nephew within a few days apart in April.

Aisha Noori, represented by advocates Somesh Chandra Jha and Amartya A. Sharan, has sought a comprehensive inquiry into the “campaign of extrajudicial killings” orchestrated by the State against her family.

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“The petitioner, who has lost her brothers and nephew in state-sponsored killings, seeks a comprehensive inquiry by a committee headed by a retired judge of this Court or in the alternative by an independent agency,” the petition urged.

Ms. Noori has arraigned the Union, Uttar Pradesh and the State’s Additional Director General of Police, Special Task Force, as respondents.

“The police authorities are enjoying the full support of the UP government, which appears to have granted them complete impunity to kill, arraign, arrest and harass members of the petitioner’s family as part of a vendetta,” the petition said.

She has contended that an “effective investigation” into the deaths, especially when the State was involved, was her fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution.