Prayagraj (UP), Jul 24 (PTI) A member of Atiq Ahmed's gang was arrested on Monday allegedly illegally occupying the house of a woman and staying there using false documents, police said.

Station House Officer (SHO) of Kareli police station Ramashray Yadav said the action was taken based on a case registered against Ahmed and his gang members.

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Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother were shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as journalists in the middle of a media interaction on April 15 while police personnel were escorting them to a medical college here for a checkup.

The case was registered based on the complaint lodged by the woman's brother Danish Shakeel under various IPC sections.

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Faiz Bhure was arrested on Monday from near Bakshi Morh, the SHO said, adding Bhure was also accused of slapping a professor at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture in 2016.

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