'Mafiyaon ko Mitti mein mila denge': Yogi loses cool countering Akhilesh's allegation on Prayagraj shootout

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath took stern stand against the Mafia raj in the Vidhan Sabha stating that whoever the mafia may be, the state government will mix them into the soil.

Launching attack on opposition parties (BSP and SP), CM Yogi said, Prayagraj accused will not be spared at any cost. They gave patronage to mafias and bow down before them. We tool action as our government acted against mafias who were earlier they were protected & shielded by whom everyone knows.

"Mafiyaon ko mitti me mila denge (we will destroy the mafia)," he said. "However, the criminal who committed the crime, was he not nurtured by the Samajwadi Party? Was he not made an MP by SP?. These people are patrons of professional mafia," the UP CM further said.

Earlier, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav had alleged,''The way bombs were hurdled yesterday, it is clear that this govt has completely failed and a gang war-like situation has developed. Is this Ramrajya where guns are being fired openly? Police is a complete failure and BJP is responsible.''

Umesh Pal, a key witness in the murder case of Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Raju Pal in 2005, was shot dead at his residence, police said. One of his gunners, who too was hit in the firing, died later at a hospital, they said. The main accused in the Raju Pal murder is mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, who is currently lodged in a Gujarat Jail.

Prayagraj Police Commissioner Ramit Sharma told news agency PTI that Umesh Pal was attacked with crude bombs and shot outside his house this evening. Two of his gunners too were injured in the attack. Both gunners were deployed in Pal's security by the government.

Following the murder, Umesh Pal's wife Jaya Pal approached Prayagraj police and filed an FIR. A case under relevant sections of the IPC and Explosives Act was registered at the Dhoomanganj Police Station on the complaint of the family members of the victim.

A total of ten teams led by Joint CP of Prayagraj have been formed to nab the accused in the case.