“Rana Ayyub downplays the crimes of gangster Atiq Ahmed at UNESCO panel on ‘Press Freedom’, plays up her own ‘Muslim’ identity: Details”, Opindia, May 3, 2023:

“On Tuesday (May 2), ‘journalist’ Rana Ayyub courted controversy after she tried to pass off deceased gangster Atiq Ahmed as an Indian ‘lawmaker.’ She made the contentious remarks during a panel discussion at the United Nations General Assembly Hall for a panel discussion organised by UNESCO on Press Freedom.

While trying to create hysteria about supposed lawlessness in India, she claimed, “Three weeks ago, a lawmaker was shot dead live on camera. And we had people celebrating that on Twitter.”

The gangster act was brought against Atiq Ahmed a total of three times. Even while incarcerated in different jails in Uttar Pradesh, he held meetings and ran his criminal empire….”

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