Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, brother Ashraf shot dead in Prayagraj 

Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were killed in firing near a medical college in U.P.’s Prayagraj on April 15, just days after his son Asad Ahmad and his accomplice Ghulam were shot dead in an exchange of fire with the Uttar Pradesh Police in Jhansi.

Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire at them near a medical college here on April 15 night.

PTI correspondents saw police taking away the bullet-riddled bodies of Ahmad and Ashraf from the spot.

Both of them had been brought here for a court hearing in connection with the 2005 Umesh Pal murder case.

Earlier, the last rites of Asad Ahmad were performed at Kasari Masari graveyard here amid heavy police security, with only a few distant relatives and locals present inside the burial ground. The burial lasted for an hour, police said.

Asad and his accomplice Ghulam, both wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, were shot dead in an exchange of fire with the Uttar Pradesh Police near Jhansi on April 13.

Asad was the third of the five sons of Atiq Ahmad and was absconding since the Umesh Pal murder case. Ghulam's burial took place at a graveyard under the Shivkuti police station area.

Incidently, Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were being questioned by the Uttar Pradesh Police in the Dhoomanganj police station, around 3 km from the burial venue.