Former Indian politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother, Khalid Azeem alias Ashraf Azeem, had been shot useless reside on TV on April 15. 

In Prayagraj (Allahabad, UP), Atiq Ahmed, who was being escorted by police, was talking to a piece of media when somebody pulled a pistol near his head and shot him in Prayagraj. Three people who had been pretending to be journalists quickly surrendered and had been introduced into jail after the bullets had been fired on Saturday night time. 

In the meantime, Atiq’s teenage son Asad and his aide Ghulam had been killed in an encounter on Thursday, April 13.

Atiq was accused of the 2005 homicide of Bahujan Samaj Get together (BSP) MLA Raju Pal and the 2023 homicide of Umesh Pal. Within the incident, the UP Police have arrested a complete of three shooters.

Quickly after Atiq was shot useless, Part 144 of the CrPC was imposed on Sunday in all of the districts by the Uttar Pradesh authorities.

Who killed Atiq and Ashraf? 

The 2 had been shot useless in Prayagraj when three people opened fireplace on them close to a well-known medical establishment, the place Atiq and Ashraf had been being taken for medical examinations. Atiq and Ashraf collapsed on the bottom quickly after they had been shot.  

Whereas being led by round a dozen cops for a traditional medical examination on Saturday, April 15 night time, the 60-year-old former Samajwadi Get together MP was assassinated just a few hours after his son Asad Ahmed acquired his ultimate rites. The Prayagraj capturing occurred round 10:30 pm and was captured reside on digital camera as media individuals adopted the handcuffed duo of Atiq and Ashraf being taken to the Calvin Hospital. 

“Shooters had been posing as journalists. As Atiq and Ashraf reached for a check-up, they had been surrounded by different journalists who bought near Atiq and his brother. One was carrying a digital camera and posing as a cameraman. Whereas one was roaming with a mike written NCR Information on it. Third was helping each,” in line with a media report citing police sources. 

The shooters had been recognized as Lavlesh Tiwari, Sunny, and Arun Maurya, and all have been apprehended by the UP Police. All of them belong to 3 completely different districts in Uttar Pradesh. Sunny Singh is from Hamirpur, Lovlesh Tiwari is from Banda, and Arun Maurya resides in Kasganj. 

Why did they kill Atiq and Ashraf?  

When shooters had been questioned about their intention of killing Atiq and Ashraf, they admitted that they killed Atiq and Ashraf primarily as a result of they needed to determine themselves as criminals. In addition they stated that they’d supposed to kill Atiq and Ashraf ever since they realized that they had been being held in custody, and that they lastly had the prospect to do it on Saturday. 

How did they kill Ahmed and Azeem? 

The three assailants used extremely subtle Zigana pistols, that are banned in India.  

TISAS, a Turkish gun producer, makes Zigana semi-automatic pistols. The manufacturing of the stated pistols began in 2001 and is likely one of the first pistols in Turkey with an authentic design. 

Politicians react to Atiq and his brother’s homicide

Reacting to the killings of Atiq Ahmed and his brother, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stated that she was “shocked by the brazen anarchy and complete collapse of legislation & order in Uttar Pradesh”.

“The structure of the nation has been made by these individuals who fought for freedom. This structure and legislation of ours have gotten the very best place. Nobody might be allowed to play with the Structure,” stated Kharge.

“Atiq and his brother had been killed whereas in police custody and had been handcuffed. Slogans of JSR had been additionally raised. Their homicide is an ideal instance of Yogi’s huge failure of legislation & order. These celebrating encounter-raj are equally answerable for this homicide,” commented Asaduddin Owaisi.

“There should be an intensive probe on homicide of Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf…..strict motion can be taken in opposition to the murderers,” stated BJP MP Subrat Pathak.

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