Atiq Ahmed, a former criminal turned politician, and his brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf were killed by three assailants on Saturday in Prayagraj. While being accompanied by around a dozen police officers on April 15 night for a normal medical examination. The 62-year-old former Samajwadi Party MP was assassinated a few hours after his son Asad Ahmed, who had died two days prior in a police encounter in Jhansi, had received his final rites.
When the incident in Prayagraj occurred, it was caught on camera live as reporters followed the arrested pair as they were brought to the Calvin Hospital.
According to Police Commissioner Ramit Sharma, the attackers arrived on motorbikes and pretended to be members of the media.
. Under the guise of filming a news flash, they were able to approach the pair and opened fire on them very closely. Doctors pronounced Mr. Ahmed and his brother dead later that evening after suffering head wounds from bullets. Three alleged attackers—Navin Tiwari, Arun Maurya, and Sonu—were immediately taken into custody by the U.P. police, who also confiscated three guns. Jai Shri Ram was yelled while one of the alleged attackers was being arrested by the police.
