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    Atiq Ahmad murder case accused have no connection with VHP or Bajrang Dal: Alok Kumar

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    Chirag Kaul
    April18/ 2023
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    New Delhi: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday said none of the three accused arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police for killing gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf has any link with it or its youth wing, Bajrang Dal.

    Dismissing allegations regarding the Bajrang Dal's involvement in the killing of Ahmad, a former Samajwadi Party (SP) MP, and Ashraf, VHP working president Alok Kumar said his organisation and the Bajrang Dal work "under the framework of laws and the Constitution".

    "We have enquired properly. None of the three accused has any connection with the Vishva Hindu Parishad or the Bajrang Dal. What is being spread is false," Kumar said when asked about the allegations. PTI