Atiq Ahmed killing updates: A senior Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) officer on Wednesday will search remand of the three assailants who shot useless gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf, and added all of the questions concerning the killing will likely be answered. “The murder of Atiq-Ashraf was committed in front of the media. The three shooters are under arrest. We will take them in police remand and all the questions regarding the killing will be answered,” DIG, STF, Anand Dev Tiwari instructed reporters on Tuesday. He stated whether or not there was a syndicate, individuals or these having enmity with them, from the place they received the arms — all these questions and the true motive behind the killing will likely be answered when the three will likely be taken on remand by the police.
Notably, Ahmad (60) and Ashraf had been shot useless at point-blank vary by three males posing as journalists on Saturday night time whereas police personnel had been escorting them to a medical faculty in Prayagraj for a check-up. The three assailants — Mohit alias Sunny (23) of Hamirpur, Lavlesh Tiwari (22) of Banda and Arun Maurya (18) of Kasganj — are presently in Pratapgarh jail. When requested concerning the Umesh Pal murder case accused Ahmad’s spouse Shaista Praveen and Guddu Muslim, who’re absconding, the officer stated that they are going to be arrested quickly. “We have limitations but they have a number of means to evade arrest. As far as Guddu Muslim is concerned he is known as Guddu ‘bombaaz’ and is expert in evading arrest while Praveen remains as ‘pardanashin’ (in veil). But we will be arresting them soon,” Tiwari stated. Apart from Ahmad and Ashraf, 4 others named in the Umesh Pal murder case FIR — Asad, Arbaaz, Vijay Chaudhary alias Usman and Ghulam — have additionally been killed. Umesh Pal was a key witness in the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case, in which Ahmad was additionally an accused. The FIR in the Umesh Pal murder case was lodged beneath related sections of IPC, together with 302 (murder) and 307 (try to murder), and beneath the Explosive Substances Act by his spouse Jaya Pal on February 25.
