Atiq Ahmed killing | Three accused sent to 14-day judicial custody

Luvlesh Tiwari of Banda, Mohit alias Sunny of Hamirpur, and Arun Kumar Maurya of Kasganj were caught on the spot after shooting Atiq and his brother dead outside a hospital in the Shahganj area in Prayagraj

Luvlesh Tiwari (22) of Banda, Mohit, alias Sunny, (23) of Hamirpur and Arun Kumar Maurya (18) of Kasganj were caught on the spot after shooting Atiq and his brother dead outside a hospital in the Shahganj area in Prayagraj late on April 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI

A court in Prayagraj on April 16 sent three accused who killed gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf to 14 days’ judicial custody.

The accused — Lavlesh Tiwari, 22, Arun Maurya, 18, and Sunny Purane, 23 — opened fire on the former MP Atiq and his brother near the entrance of the Moti Lal Nehru Mandaliya Chikitsalaya in Prayagraj when they were brought for medical examination on April 15. The incident took place in front of TV cameras. The accused came posing as journalists, with mic ID and camera in their hands. In the incident, both the former MP and his brother died on the spot.

The incident occurred hours after the former MP’s son Asad Ahmed’s last rites.

The Uttar Pradesh Government constituted a three-member judicial committee headed by Allahabad High Court judge (retired) Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Brijesh Kumar Soni and former DGP Subesh Kumar Singh to probe the murder. The three-member panel will have to submit its report in two months to the State government. The committee was formed under the Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952.