A letter petition has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Police.
"All three shooters, Arun Maurya, Sunny Singh and Lovelesh Tiwari, are under threat of attack behind bars, owing to which they have been shifted to a high-security cell," official sources said.
Responding to the shooting of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf Ahmad by three assailants, Samajwadi Party MP ST Hasan on Sunday said that courts should have punished such criminals.
Three shooters who gunned down gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf last night, were sent to 14-day judicial custody by the Prayagraj court in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
The three-member judicial enquiry committee, probing the murder of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf has been asked to submit a report to the government in two months.
Security has been deployed outside the residence of Umesh Pal in Prayagraj after the mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in full media glare on Saturday night.
A day after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in Prayagraj, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday said the administration must be taken to task if they don't follow the law.