A former Indian MP convicted of kidnapping was killed along with his brother as police escorted them for a medical. The murder was captured on live television on Saturday. This was reported by the Reuters news agency.
Shooter
The dramatic images of the men’s murder were shared via broadcasters and social media. An armed man reaches over the shoulder of the police and aims a gun at the temple of former MP Atiq Ahmed. His brother, Ashraf Ahmed, was killed a fraction of a second later.
Other footage, shot by Reuters partner ANI, shows a gunman repeatedly shooting at the brothers’ bodies as they lie on the floor. The two victims were dead within minutes, as police quickly arrested three men suspected of the murder. According to i media, the attackers posing as journalists. One surrendered immediately after the shooting, while officers overpowered the other two suspects.
They were part of a group of journalists who had gathered as the two brothers, reportedly ringleaders of a local criminal organization, were being handcuffed from a hospital in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday night.
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unrest
The Uttar Pradesh government feared violent unrest following the killings and banned gatherings of more than four people across the state. “The state government imposed restrictive measures following the murders of Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf Ahmed, who were members of a major mafia involved in land grabbing and assassination cases,” a senior police official said.
“We don’t want any form of protest to gain momentum”
“We don’t want any form of protest to gain momentum,” the official said anonymously as he was not authorized to speak to the press. The state government, controlled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party, has launched a judicial inquiry into the murders.
180 criminal suspects
Last week, police killed Atiq Ahmed’s son in Jhansi city. He was wanted in connection with a murder case being investigated as part of a larger land mafia investigation in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh Police have killed more than 180 criminal suspects in meetings over the past six years.
The head of the opposition party, Samajwadi, said the killing of his former party colleague in police custody showed the inability of the ruling Bharatiya Janata party to bring law and order to Uttar Pradesh. “When someone can be shot dead in the middle of the police security cordon, what about the safety of the general public,” said Samajwadi’s Akhilesh Yadav in a tweet.
Before losing the election in 2014, Ahmed was an MP with Samajwadi and later with the regional Apna Dal party.
Source: BNR
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