Atiq-Ashraf killing: A day after their killings, gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf had been buried at Kasari Masari graveyard in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj district. Before this, their our bodies had been handed over to the members of the family after the autopsy examination for the final rites. Earlier on Saturday, Atiq’s son Asad, an accused in the Umesh Pal homicide case, was buried on the similar graveyard after being killed in a police encounter. The graveyard is positioned in Ahmad’s ancestral village. Notably, Atiq Ahmed was accused in the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal homicide case and in addition in the Umesh Pal homicide case which occurred in February this yr.
Here are the highest 10 newest developments in the matter:
- Mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf had been killed in Prayagraj on Saturday evening amid police presence.
- The incident occurred once they had been being escorted by police to a medical faculty in the district. The three males carried out the assault on the gangsters whereas posing as media individuals.
- The shooters had been recognized as Lavlesh Tiwari (22) of Banda, Mohit alias Sunny (23) of Hamirpur and Arun Maurya (18) of Kasganj. They all had prison backgrounds.
- The shooters instructed police that they carried out this assault to make a reputation for themselves in the world of crime as they needed to “become popular”.
- According to the investigation, a Turkey-made semi-automatic pistol Zigana was utilized by the killers. The weapon is manufactured by the Turkish firearm firm TISAS. It is smuggled into India from Pakistan by way of drones and different unlawful means.
- Following the duo’s killings, the Opposition intensified their assaults on the Uttar Pradesh authorities, with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav alleging that the state is in the “grip of jungle-raj.”
- After the killing of the gangsters in police custody, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a high-level assembly and ordered a judicial probe into the incident.
- Three-member judicial enquiry committee will give a report to the UP authorities in two months. The committee can be headed by Retired Justice Arvind Kumar Tripathi of Allahabad High Court. The different members embody retired IPC officer Subesh Kumar Singh and Retired District Judge Brijesh Kumar Soni.
- Three shooters who gunned down gangster Atiq and his brother Ashraf had been sent to 14-day judicial custody by the Prayagraj court docket.
- Minor sons of Atiq Ahmed had been introduced to the burial floor from a juvenile residence. There was a heavy police presence on the graveyard and just a few distant family members of the deceased brothers had been current.
(With inputs from businesses)
