Days after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead, a crude bomb went off near the home of Atiq’s lawyer in Katra area of Prayagraj on Tuesday.
No casualties have been reported in the incident, the police said.
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Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Tuesday issued a notice to Uttar Pradesh Police over the killing of Atiq Ahmed and his brother.
Late Saturday night, Atiq and his brother Ashraf were sprayed with bullets by two youths even as they were being escorted for a routine check up on foot by armed policemen to Colvin Hospital in Prayagraj. Their police custody remand, from April 13, was to end at 5 pm on Sunday.
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Accused Lavlesh Tiwari (22), Mohit alias Sunny Puraney (23) and Arun Kumar Maurya (18) were produced before a local court in Prayagraj Sunday. Gulab Chand Agrihari, District Government Counsel, said the court sent the three accused to judicial custody until April 29.
Also ReadMeanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has constituted a three-member judicial commission to probe the killing.
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