New Delhi: Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf had been killed by three assailants who had been posing as journalists in the midst of a media interplay on Saturday night time when the police personnel had been escorting the duo to a medical school in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj for a checkup.
In the vidoes going viral throughout social media platforms, Atiq Ahmed is seen addressing media and all of the sudden an assailant shoots him in his head after which shoots his brother. Several rounds of weapons had been fired upon Atiq and his brother Ashraf by the three assailants.
After gunning down Atiq and his brother, the attckers raised the slogans of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ whereas the police took a maintain of them. The brothers had been in handcuffs once they had been killed in full view of digicam crews.
According to IANS report, One of the journalists who was current on the spot stated, “The assailants shouted `surrender, surrender` and threw their firearms on the ground.”
Meanwhile, prohibitory orders have imposed in Prayagraj and different communally delicate districts. PAC and RAF groups have been deployed in Prayagraj and the our bodies have been faraway from the scene of crime.
Atiq Ahmed`s eldest son Umar is lodged in Lucknow jail, whereas the second son Ali is lodged in Naini Central Jail in separate instances. The third son Asad was shot lifeless in an encounter in Jhansi on Thursday and was buried in Prayagraj on Saturday. The fourth son Ahjam and the youngest son Aban are housed in a juvenile house in Prayagraj. His spouse Shaista Parveen is absconding after being named in prison instances.
