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Atiq Ahmad killing on camera: CM Yogi order judicial inquiry

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Shailesh Khanduri
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Police personnel at the site where Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead while they were being taken for a medical checkup in Prayagraj on April 15

Police personnel at the site where Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead while they were being taken for a medical checkup in Prayagraj on April 15

New Delhi: UP CM Yogi Adityanath Saturday took cognizance of the incident in which gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were killed while speaking with media in police custody in Prayagraj. 

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CM Yogi immediately called a high-level meeting and ordered a high-level inquiry into the whole matter.

Chief Minister also gave instructions for the formation of a three-member Judicial Commission (Judicial Inquiry Commission) in the matter.

Three assailants who shot gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf dead have been identified as Lovelesh Tiwari, Sunny and Arun Maurya.

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All the three accused killed Ahmad and his brother on camera when they were talking to media.

The shooting that occurred around 10 pm was caught on camera as mediapersons were following the duo who were being escorted to the hospital by police for a medical checkup.

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At least two people, who posed as mediapersons, were seen firing from a close range at Ahmad and his brother who fell to the ground. Police soon overpowered the assailants.

The bullet-riddled bodies of Ahmad and Ashraf were taken away from the spot as tension gripped the area after the sensational killings.

"We are looking into the incident. It is too early to say anything. We are yet to question the arrested men," a police officer said.

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Ahmad, a former Samajwadi Party (SP) MP, and his brother Ashraf were brought here for a court hearing in connection with the Umesh Pal murder case.

Ahmad's son Asad and one of his accomplices were killed in a police encounter in Jhansi on April 13.

 

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