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Days after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were killed while in police custody in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has said if ruling forces inculcate the habit of “ignoring the Constitution and law, the country will go down the wrong path”.
As per ANI report, Speaking at an Iftar party in Mumbai, Pawar said, “A country runs as per the Constitution and law. If ruling forces inculcate the habit of taking steps by ignoring the Constitution and law, we will go down the wrong path…If taking steps by forgetting law and Constitution and by taking law into hands is spoken of and if attempts are made to create such an atmosphere, it is not right for the nation…”
The veteran leader’s remarks came after the gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother, Ashraf Ahmed, were killed on Saturday while being taken for a medical examination in Prayagraj.
Both the gangsters collapsed on the spot after they were shot at nearly point-blank range.
