Atiq Ahmed murder case: The sensational assassination of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother continues to make headlines even after nearly per week of the incident which occurred on April 15. As a part of the investigation, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Thursday recreated the crime scene the place Atiq and his brother Ashraf have been shot useless whereas within the custody of the cops.
In addition, the Judicial committee constituted by the Uttar Pradesh authorities additionally paid a go to to Prayagraj to grasp the sequence of occasions resulting in the murder of the duo. The policemen who have been escorting each gangsters throughout the shootout have been additionally known as to the spot. Speaking to the media, the police stated that recreating the crime scene is probably going to offer important clues within the ongoing probe and the accused could be additional interrogated primarily based on that.
STF staff detains shooter Lavlesh’s pals
Meanwhile, the STF staff additionally detained three pals of Lavlesh Tiwari, the primary accused within the sensational killing, from Banda railway station on Thursday. According to studies, the three detainees skilled Tiwari to behave like actual journalists earlier than they joined a gaggle of media individuals on the hospital the place the gangsters have been shot useless. Three males, who work for a neighborhood information web site, confirmed the ropes of reporting to Tiwari and helped him purchase a digicam, the police stated.
Search underway to nab Shaista
Further, the seek for Atiq’s spouse, Shaista Parveen continued on Thursday additionally because the police performed raids at a number of locations. The UP Police has additionally introduced a reward amont of Rs 50,000 on the gangster’s spouse. Earlier this month, Shaista had submitted a bail software within the courtroom and said that she had been falsely implicated within the Umesh Pal Murder case.
Five police personnel suspended
The sensational killings have additionally led to the suspension of not less than 5 police personnel who have been escorting Atiq and Ashraf to the Colvin Hospital in Prayagraj. According to studies, the suspended law enforcement officials embrace Station House Officer (SHO) Ashwani Kumar Singh from the Shahganj Police Station. The different 4 officers embrace two Inspectors in addition to two constables.
Political ‘confrontation’
Meanwhile, the political “war of words” has additionally erupted over the slain gangster Atiq Ahmed. On Thursday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got here down closely on Congress after it launched 40-star campaigners, together with the identify of Rajya Sabha member Imran Pratapgarhi. The BJP claimed that Pratapgarhi, a poet-turned-politician, is an in depth buddy of Atiq Ahmad and used to name the slain gangster as his “guru” and brother. Union Minister BJP’s Karnataka Election Management Committee Convener Shobha Karandlaje alleged that Pratapgarhi used to jot down poetry in reward of Atiq, who used to participate in his ‘mushaira’.
However, Congress has defended the get together’s transfer to nominate Pratapgarhi as a star campaigner for the upcoming Karnataka polls. “Imran Pratapgarhi is the chairman of our party’s minority cell and he will be coming. What is wrong with that? We are not calling the person who has committed a crime or is behind the bars,” Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh informed the media.
Atiq-Ashraf killing
It ought to be talked about right here that Mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf have been killed in Prayagraj on Saturday evening amid police presence. The incident occurred once they have been being escorted by police to a medical faculty within the district. Three males carried out the assault on the gangsters whereas posing as media individuals. They have been recognized as Lavlesh Tiwari (22) of Banda, Mohit alias Sunny (23) of Hamirpur and Arun Maurya (18) of Kasganj. They all allegedly had prison backgrounds.
(With inputs from businesses)
