Atiq Ahmed Shooting: Shooters of Atiq Ahmed & brother Ashraf sent to 14-day judicial custody

Lucknow, Apr 16: Three shooters who gunned down gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf last night, were sent to 14-day judicial custody by the Prayagraj court in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday (Apr 16). They were produced in the court earlier today.

 

 

 

 

The three shooters who fired at Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf while they was interacting with the media while being taken for a medical checkup, were identified as Arun Maurya, Sunny Singh and Lovelesh Tiwari. Both the gangsters collapsed on the spot after they were shot at nearly point-blank range. Internet was suspended thereafter in Prayagraj. However, it has been restored in some parts of the district.

 

 

 

 

 

After the killing of the gangsters in police custody, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a high-level meeting last night and ordered a judicial probe into the incident. The Three-member judicial enquiry committee pertaining to the murder of Atiq Ahmed, his brother, will give a report to the UP government in two months. The committee will be headed by Retired Justice Arvind Kumar Tripathi of Allahabad HC, including retired IPC officer Subesh Kumar Singh and Retired District Judge Brijesh Kumar Soni.

 

 

Security was heightened in the city after Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf were shot dead in Prayagraj yesterday (Apr 15). Section 144 of CrPC was imposed in all the districts of Uttar Pradesh. "The situation is normal in all districts. Police are on alert," Praveen Kumar, IG Ayodhya range said. Atiq Ahmad was accused in the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case and also in the Umesh Pal murder case which happened in February this year. All three assailants were arrested, informed police after Atiq and his brother were shot dead.

 

 

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