Case Update: A CJM court in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj today remanded gangster Atiq Ahmed’s killers to four-day police custody.
This comes after the Special Investigation Team filed an application in the court seeking remand for questioning for all three accused.
During the police remand, the police will question the accused, who were identified as Arun Maurya, Sunny Singh and Lovelesh Tiwari, about the weapon they used to kill Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf on 15 April night, where did they get the weapon from and who gave it to them.
The police will also seek to know the reason for the murder of the gangsters.
All three accused will again be presented in court on 23 April.
Earlier today, they were brought to the court amid tight security.
Scene before appearing in the CGM court
The shooters of gangster Atiq Ahmed will appear before the CGM court in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj Today, where the Special Investigation Team has filed an application seeking remand for questioning for all three accused. The police have sought their custody by filing an application with the Chief Magistrate and have asked for 14 days of custodial remand. Security was increased while taking them to the court due to the incident which occurred on April 15 night when Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were killed in police presence while being taken for medical checkup.
The media is being kept away from the accused.
Earlier, the three assailants were shifted from Prayagraj’s Naini Central Jail to the Pratapgarh district jail on Monday.
“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.
Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf Ahmad were shot dead by men posing as press persons on Saturday night while being taken for a medical examination in Prayagraj. Both the gangsters collapsed on the spot after they were shot at nearly point-blank range.On April 16, the district court sentenced the three shooters, Arun Maurya, Sunny Singh, and Lovelesh Tiwari, to 14 days in judicial custody.
On April 16, gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were laid to rest at a family graveyard in Prayagraj’s Kasari Masari neighbourhood.