Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf Ahmad shot dead in Prayagraj

Atiq Ahmed, a infamous gangster from Uttar Pradesh, and his brother Ashraf Ahmed had been killed at the moment whereas being taken for a medical check-up in Prayagraj. The gangster, who had confronted not less than 100 prison instances in accordance with regulation enforcement, was just lately within the headlines as his son Asad was killed in an encounter in Jhansi simply two days in the past.

The incident, which came about at roughly 10 pm, was captured on movie by journalists who had been trailing the 2 handcuffed siblings, who had been en path to the hospital for a medical examination.

A high-ranking police official said that three people have been apprehended in reference to the episode, which transpired simply two days after Ahmad’s offspring, Asad, was slain in a police confrontation in Jhansi. Asad’s funeral rites had been held earlier that day.

At the least three individuals, who masqueraded as members of the press, had been noticed firing at Ahmad (60) and Ashraf from point-blank vary, inflicting them to break down. Regulation enforcement swiftly subdued the perpetrators. Amid mounting rigidity following their surprising killing, Ahmad and Ashraf’s bullet-ridden our bodies had been faraway from the scene.

“We’re wanting into the incident. It’s too early to say something. We’re but to query the arrested males,” a police officer advised PTI.

Atiq Ahmed was a Samajwadi Occasion MP and had a protracted and infamous prison document with round 100 prison instances in accordance with the police. He was convicted in a kidnapping case and was additionally accused within the homicide of Bahujan Samaj Occasion MLA Raju Pal in 2005. He had earlier petitioned the Supreme Court docket, contending that he and his family members had been wrongly accused within the Umesh Pal murder case and that he could also be subjected to a staged encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Police.

Samajwadi Occasion’s Akhilesh Yadav tweeted in regards to the incident saying, “Crime has reached its peak in UP and the morale of the criminals is excessive. When somebody could be killed by firing overtly amidst the safety cordon of the police, then what in regards to the security of most people? Resulting from this, an environment of concern is being created among the many public, evidently some individuals are intentionally creating such an environment.”