Samajwadi Party MLA Pooja Pal thanked Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath in the state assembly on Wednesday for eliminating gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed. "I thank him for adopting a zero-tolerance policy and ensuring my husband’s killer met his end," Pooja stated. Notably, her husband, Raju Pal, was shot dead in broad daylight by Atiq and his associates.