Kapil Sibal addressing a press convention in New Delhi. File.
| Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on April 17 raised a collection of questions over the killing of Atiq Ahmed and his brother, asking why they have been being taken for a medical checkup by police at 10 pm when there was no emergency and why it was “open to the media”.
Gangster-turned-politician Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, each in handcuffs, have been shot lifeless by three males posing as journalists on Saturday evening once they have been answering reporters’ queries whereas being escorted by police personnel to a medical school in Prayagraj for a checkup.
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In a tweet, Mr. Sibal stated, “Atiq and Ashraf (The art of elimination). Odd: 1) 10pm for medical check up? 2) No medical emergency 3) made victims walk 4) open to media? 5) assassins unknown to each other at the spot ? 6) weapons above 7 lakhs 7) well trained to shoot! 8) All 3 surrendered.” The assailants have been arrested quickly after the dramatic shootout that came about in full view of digicam crews.
On Sunday, the three assailants — Lavlesh Tiwari (22) of Banda, Mohit alias Sunny (23) of Hamirpur and Arun Maurya (18) of Kasganj — have been introduced in a district court docket and remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.
According to the FIR, the three shooters informed police they killed the Ahmed brothers to make a reputation for themselves on the planet of crime.
Police stated the assailants had joined a gaggle of reporters who have been making an attempt to get sound bites from the Ahmed brothers. The males abruptly dropped their digicam and whipped out weapons, they stated.
The Uttar Pradesh authorities has shaped a three-member judicial fee to probe the killing of the brothers.
The sensational killings of the Ahmed brothers has drawn sharp reactions from the opposition events that lashed out on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging that “jungle raj” and “mafia raj” are prevalent in Uttar Pradesh underneath its rule.
