UP gangsters Atique Ahmed, Ashraf shot dead on live camera by men posing as reporters
The Community News/Lucknow
Yesteryears dreaded UP gangsters, Atique Ahmed and Ashraf Ahmed were on Saturday shot dead by three men who posed as mediapersons in Prayagraj.
Atique and Ashraf were being taken for medical examination at MLN Medical College from Dhamoonganj Police Station when they were shot dead.
As per reports, the dreaded gangster duo were shot incident inside the premises of medical college in Prayagraj where Atique was reportedly talking to media.
The accused reportedly came out amidst the mediapersons group and opened indiscriminate firing on Atique and Ashraf Ahmad inside the MLN Medical College, Prayagraj Police Commissioner Ramit Sharma said.
The duo were reportedly caught on camera collapsing to the ground after suffering multiple bullet injuries.
“Three suspects have been detained for gunning down of dreaded gangsters of the Uttar Pradesh and they are posing as reporters wanting to seek statement from Atiq.
They are being interrogated by a police team and in addition, one journalist and a constable has been injured in the shooting incident,” Sharma told mediapersons.
With police encounters and gunning of gangsters in Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s ‘Raj’, is this the coming of the end for long rooted and much patronised mafia in the northern Indian state.
