Prayagraj: A police staff doing a daily inquiry on the workplace of lifeless gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad in Chakia discovered a blood-stained knife and clothes in one of many rooms. Blood stains had been additionally discovered on the stairwell. One of the rooms additionally had a ‘dupatta’ with blood smears and bangles strewn about. Already, a bit of the workplace has been dismantled. Traces of blood discovered within the room are stated to be contemporary.
Forensic groups have been referred to as in to gather the blood samples and to determine how outdated they’re. A senior police official stated that the matter could be investigated intimately since some incident has apparently taken place right here after the demise of Atiq, his brother, and his son.
Three Shooters Visited Lucknow Before Killing
Lovelesh Tiwari, Sunny Singh, and Arun Maurya, the three shooters who gunned down mafia politician Atiq Ahmad and his youthful brother Khalid Azeem a.okay.a Ashraf right here on April 15, had arrived in Lucknow earlier than travelling by bus to Prayagraj. During questioning by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), the three revealed this. They didn’t, nevertheless, reveal the trigger for his or her journey to Lucknow.
Investigators examined footage from over 40 CCTV cameras positioned close to the hospital to trace the perpetrators’ actions from the lodge to the hospital to see whether or not anybody else was helping them. Officials added that no extra suspects have been recognized as of but. The SIT additionally examined room 203 of the lodge the place the assailants stayed.
Supreme Court To Hear Plea on April 28
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to listen to a petition searching for an impartial investigation into the deaths of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on April 28. The petition, filed by counsel Vishal Tiwari, additionally requests an investigation of the 183 encounters which have occurred in Uttar Pradesh since 2017. Tiwari introduced the matter up for pressing listening to earlier than a bench comprised of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha on Monday.
Referring to Atiq’s killing, the plea stated, “Such actions by police are a severe threat to democracy and rule of law and lead to a police state.” “In a democratic society, the police cannot be allowed to become a mode of delivering final justice or to become a punishing authority. The power of punishment is only vested in the judiciary,” the plea submitted.
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