'Mitti me mila dunga' trends on Twitter after Atiq's son killed in police encounter

With gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad’s son Asad and an accomplice, both wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, getting eliminated in an exchange of fire with police, the hashtag “mitti me mila dunga” (reduce to dust) was trending on Twitter on Thursday (April 13).

Facing flak over the brazen killing of Pal, a prime witness in the 2005 case of a BSP MLA’s murder, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on February 25 accused the Samajwadi Party of nurturing mafias and vowed to destroy them.

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“The mafioso whose name is emerging – is it not true that the Samajwadi Party had made him an MP? He was a mafioso nurtured by the SP. Our government is working to break their back. Mitti me mila denge,” Adityanath said in the Assembly.

On Thursday (April 13), several users made a hashtag of Adityanath’s statement as they tweeted about the alleged encounter in Jhansi.

The hashtag was trending at the top for a major part of the day as several users supported the police action. Till late evening, close to 60,000 people had tweeted using the hashtag.

#YogiAdityanath #asadahmed #Asad #AsadEncounter #Encounter #AtiqueAhmed #YogiKaNayaUP#Yogi
Aam admi after criminal encounters like Asad

Good job up police and Yogi ji

He said MITTI ME MILA DUNGA and did it, Hats off pic.twitter.com/CSoonk7P0i

— Sourav 007007 (@007007Sourav) April 13, 2023

Several other hashtags like “encounter”, “Atiq Ahmad”, “UP Police”, “UPSTF”, “Guddu Muslim”, “Asad Ahmad” among others were also trending on Twitter.

Some users also appreciated Adityanath’s zero-tolerance policy against criminals. A video of Adityanath making the “Mitti Me Mila Dunga” remark in the Assembly also went viral on social media platforms.

Mitti me mila denge 🔥pic.twitter.com/MjfCUK1Q71

— Bharat Dhoraliya 🙏सनातनी🙏 (@BharatDhoraliy2) April 13, 2023

(With inputs from agencies)