PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 11 -- The Prayagraj Police Commissionerate is preparing a revised list of the district's top ten criminals for the first time since the death of don-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed. According to officials, nine names have been finalised so far, while investigations are underway to identify the tenth. Most of those on the list have already been booked under the Gangsters Act.

Atiq and his brother Ashraf were shot dead on April 15, 2023, while in police custody en route to a hospital for routine check-up. Although the Atiq gang remains active, the past two years have seen a surge of new criminals entering the underworld.

Deputy commissioner of police (city) Manish Shandilya confirmed that the fresh list of top 10 criminals in...