Shillong, April 16: Gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were killed in full public view by three gunmen after which the trio raised ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans near the dead bodies and were arrested by the police.
On Saturday night, while being escorted by police to a medical college in Prayagraj for a checkup, Atiq and Ashraf were shot dead at point blank range by the three accused posing as journalists.
The identity of the three persons who killed Atiq and Ashraf has been revealed. Their names are Arun Maurya, Lavlesh Tiwari, and Sunny who were apprehended after the killing of Atiq and Ashraf. However, no official declaration regarding their identities has been made by the police as of now.
Sunny lives in the Hamirpur district, Lavlesh Tiwari is from the Banda village of Kotwali, and Arun Maurya is from the hamlet of Baghela Pukhta, which is within the boundaries of the Kasganj police station.
The Hamirpur district has 17 criminal cases pending against Sunny. He attended Lucknow University but left after the first year of his B.A. Three years ago, he was imprisoned for harassing a woman.
According to Lavlesh Tiwari’s Facebook profile he is a Bajrang Dal leader. He claims to be the Bajrang Dal’s Zila Sah Pramukh.
Arun Maurya’s father and mother have passed away, and his uncle and aunt reside in a village in the Kasganj district. 15 years ago, Arun Maurya, alias Kalia, left his village and hasn’t been back since. His family and uncle Megh Singh Maurya live in the village.
Initial questioning, according to sources, revealed that they wanted to become gangsters and come in limelight for which they klilled Atiq and Ashraf.