PRAYAGRAJ, May 21 -- Puramufti police on Sunday night arrested the brother-in-law of slain mafia politician Atiq Ahmed's brother Ashraf in connection with a case lodged against him for grabbing the land of a farmer. The arrested person identified as Saifi is the cousin of Ashraf's wife Zainab, police said.

As per reports, a resident of Ahmadpur Asrauli village Ishtiyaq Ahmad in his complaint has claimed that his agricultural land was illegally occupied by Ashraf's real brother-in-law Zaid Master, Zainab's cousin Shibli Pradhan, his brother Saifi and some others. Ishtiyaq was threatened when he reached his land with a tractor for ploughing on May 13. The accused opened fire on him but he somehow escaped. ACP Varun Kumar said a raid was ca...