Gangster Atiq Ahmed's shooters will be presented before the CGM court in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on Wednesday where the Special Investigation Team has filed an application in the court seeking remand for questioning for all three accused.
Guddu Muslim, another accused in Umesh Pal's murder, was an expert in making bombs, a relative of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed said on Tuesday adding that he used to give training to the henchmen of slain ganglord.
"A bomb was hurled in the Katra area in Prayagraj, it was found that a man, Harshit Sonkar, had a fight with Shivansh Yadav due to which he threw the bomb. News of bomb being thrown on Atiq Ahmed's advocate, Dayashankar Mishra, is false", said Deepak Bhukar, DCP, Prayagraj.
Days after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were killed while in police custody in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said if ruling forces inculcate the habit of ignoring the Constitution and law, the country will
"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 and are kept under CCTV surveillance," official sources said.
"The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken cognizance of complaints alleging that two brothers Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf were killed by miscreants in police custody in Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh on April 15, 2023," NHRC said in a statement.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to probe the murder of Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf will soon recreate the crime scene as part of its ongoing investigation, revealed sources.
Union Power Minister R K Singh on Monday slammed Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav for addressing the slain gangster turned politician Atiq Ahmed as 'Atiq Ji' and said that the RJD leader is shedding tears for that dreaded ganglord, who was facing over 100 criminal charges.
"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.