Atiq Ahmed killing | Four police officials suspended for ‘negligence’
The Hindu
Four police officials including the station officer of Shahganj Police Station in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj were suspended for ‘negligence’ while taking gangsters Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf for a medical checkup on April 15 night when they were killed.
Four police officials including the station officer of Shahganj Police Station in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj were suspended for 'negligence' while taking gangsters Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf for a medical checkup on April 15 night when they were killed, police said on Wednesday.
The SO who was suspended was identified as Ashwani Kumar Singh.
The Special Investigation Team constituted by the police had questioned all the police personnel yesterday after which the police action was taken on the basis of the SIT report.
Atiq and Ashraf were killed on April 15 night while being taken for a medical checkup. They were shot dead at point-blank range by three miscreants posing as media persons with whom the two gangsters were interacting. They were killed in the presence of the police.
Earlier today, a CJM court in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on Wednesday remanded gangster Atiq Ahmed's killers to four-day police custody.
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This comes after the Special Investigation Team filed an application in the court seeking remand for questioning for all three accused.They were earlier sent to 14-day judicial custody by the district court on April 16.
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