Bulandshahr attack case: 2 accused left for UAE, lookout notices issued

Meerut: Two days after bike-borne assailants attacked the vehicle carrying Bulandshahr politician Mohammad Yunus, 48, Bulandshahr police has announced a cash reward of Rs 25,000 each on the absconding accused and issued lookout notices against Mohd Asad and Mohd Haris, the main accused, who are said to have left for UAE a day before the attack.

These two are among the five named in the FIR filed against 16.

“It has come to our notice that two accused named in the FIR -- Mohd Asad and Mohd Haris -- left for the UAE a day before the attack to avoid any suspicion. There are chances others have also left. We have issued a lookout notice against four at the moment,” said SSP Bulandshahr Santosh Kumar Singh.

Four of the accused are nephews of Mohammad Yunus, who was the main target in Sunday's shooting attack in which four were injured and one died.

Yunus escaped unhurt. Later, he filed an FIR and his security was heightened.

Notably, the genesis of the Sunday shootout goes back to the alleged murder of political heavyweight and two-time MLA from BSP, Aleem, in 2018. Aleem was the brother of Yunus.

Soon after the death of Aleem, a bitter rivalry between Yunus and Aleem's immediately family came out in the open so much so that both groups accused each other of Aleem's murder.

At present, Aleem’s son, Mohd Anas Aleem, is lodged in jail for the murder of his father. Now, another son, Asad, who has been named in the attack on Yunus, is on the run.

“There is an ongoing dispute over properties as well. For instance, a clash took place between Yunus’ supporters and Aleem's sons over the ownership of Aligarh-based meat factory,” said SSP Santosh Singh.


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