Atiq, Ashraf Ahmed Killing: The Supreme Court on Friday (April 28) asked the Uttar Pradesh government to submit an affidavit detailing the steps taken to inquire into the shooting that took place outside a Prayagraj hospital in which mafia brothers Atiq and Ashraf Ahmed were killed.
The apex court bench headed by Justice S Ravindra Bhatt, while hearing a plea demanding probe by an independent committee into the killing of the gangsters, asked why were they paraded to the hospital.
The bench also asked how the three shooters were aware of the fact that Atiq and Ashraf will be taken for medical examination to Moti Lal Hospital in Prayagraj Hospital on April 15 evening. Appearing on behalf of the Uttar Pradesh government, Mukul Rohatgi said a special commission has been constituted to probe the incident.
Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf were shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as media persons when they were being taken to a medical college in Prayagraj for a health check-up under police escort on April 15.
The plea, filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari, had also sought an inquiry into the 183 encounters that have taken place in Uttar Pradesh since 2017.
