Gangster Atiq Ahmad killed in a cold-blooded shootout on Saturday night was buried at Kasari Masari graveyard in the old city area of Prayagraj where his son Asad Ahmad was laid to rest on Saturday. It is the graveyard where all their predecessors were buried. Atiq was not allowed to attend the last rites of his son. In the evening he was killed while he was in police custody.
Atiq Ahmad killing: Follow live updates
Here are the latest updates:
1. A three-member judicial enquiry committee will probe the murder of Atiq Ahmad and Ashraf and will submit a report to the government in two months.
2. Lavlesh Tiwari, Mohit alias Sunny and Arun Maurya -- the three killers have been sent to 14-day judicial custody. Police said they wanted to make a name in Uttar Pradesh's crime world after eliminating the Atiq gang.
3. According to the FIR of the shootout case, Atiq Ahmad admitted to the police to having links with Pakistan's ISI and Lashkar-e-Taiba.
4. Atiq said the weapons taken from ISI and LeT were used in the murder of lawyer Umesh Pal and two policemen in February this year.
5. Security has been stepped up outside the residence of Umesh Pal in Prayagraj
{{/usCountry}}5. Security has been stepped up outside the residence of Umesh Pal in Prayagraj
{{/usCountry}}6. Prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) have been issued in all districts of Uttar Pradesh to prevent any untoward incident.
7. Internet services are still shut down in Prayagraj district as part of the security measures.
8. Police said the attackers used made-in-Turkey pistol to kill Atiq and Ashraf.
Attackers had mike, identity cards, Turkey-made weapons: What Police said
According to the statement issued by Special DG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar, the attackers used made-in-Turkiye pistols and fired indiscriminately from point-blank range on the two brothers.
"At about 10.30 pm both Atiq and Ashraf were being taken for a health examination Motilal Nehru Regional Hospital in Shahganj area, where mediapersons were persistently trying to take bite of the two," the Special DG (Law and Order) said in the statement.
"The mediapersons were breaking the security cordon to reach to the accused (Atiq Ahmad and Ashraf) for taking their bites. In this sequence, both Atiq and Ashraf were giving bites to the media and they were escorted (by the police). Meanwhile, from the crowd of media, three mediapersons with video camera, mike and media Id reached them and started firing indiscriminately," he said.
Police have recovered three firearms including a countrymade A-30 pistol (7.62), a made-in-Turkiye nine-mm Girsan pistol, and a 9-mm Zigana Pistol, also made in Turkiye, it said.