Lucknow: A senior Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) official on Tuesday mentioned police will search remand of the three assailants who shot lifeless 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 informed reporters.
He mentioned whether or not there was a syndicate, individuals, or these having enmity with them, from the place they acquired the arms — all these questions and the actual motive behind the killing will likely be answered when the three will likely be taken on remand by the police. Ahmad (60) and Ashraf have been shot lifeless at point-blank vary by three males posing as journalists on Saturday night time whereas police personnel have been escorting them to a medical school 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 in regards to the Umesh Pal homicide case accused Ahmad’s spouse Shaista Praveen and Guddu Muslim, who’re absconding, the officer mentioned 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 Muslims are concerned he is known as Guddu ‘bombaaz’ and is an expert in evading arrest while Praveen remains as ‘pardanashin’ (in veil). But we will be arresting them soon,” Tiwari mentioned.
Apart from Ahmad and Ashraf, 4 others named within the Umesh Pal homicide case FIR — Asad, Arbaaz, Vijay Chaudhary alias Usman and Ghulam — have additionally been killed.
Umesh Pal was a key witness within the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal homicide case, during which Ahmad was additionally an accused. The FIR within the Umesh Pal homicide case was lodged below related sections of IPC, together with 302 (homicide) and 307 (try to homicide), and below the Explosive Substances Act by his spouse Jaya Pal on February 25.
