Prayagraj, April 16
A court here on Sunday sent three assailants who killed gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf to 14 days’ judicial custody.
Luvlesh Tiwari (22) of Banda, Mohit, alias Sunny, (23) of Hamirpur and Arun Kumar Maurya (18) of Kasganj were caught on the spot after shooting Atiq and his brother dead outside a hospital in the Shahganj area here on Saturday night.
“Three accused in Atiq-Ashraf killing sent to 14 days’ judicial custody by a court here,” lawyer Manish Khanna, who represented Ahmad, told.
Meanwhile, the bodies of Atiq and his brother Khalid Azeem alias Ashraf were handed over to the family members after post-mortem on Sunday for performing the last rites.
The bodies of Ahmad and Ashraf were taken to the Kasari Masari graveyard in an ambulance, in which an elderly person of the family was also seen.
Atiq’s son Asad, an accused in the Umesh Pal murder case who fell to police bullets, was buried at the same graveyard here on Saturday.
The graveyard is located in Atiq’s ancestral village and his parents were also laid to rest there.
There is heavy police presence at the graveyard and only a few distant relatives of the deceased brothers and locals are present inside the burial ground.
