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Former Indian MP, Brother Shot Dead Live On TV

 A For­mer In­dian Poli­tician Convicted Of Kidnap­ping Has Been Shot Dead Live On TV Along With His Brother.

Atiq Ahmed, Who Was Under Police Escort, Was Talking To Reporters When A Gun Was Pulled Close To His Head In Prayagraj, Also Known As Allahabad.

After The Shots Were Fired On Saturday Night, Three Men Who Had Been Posing As Jour­nalists Quickly Surren­dered And Were Taken Into Custody. Ahmed’s Teenage Son Was Shot Dead By Police Days Earlier.

Dozens Of Cases, Including Kidnapping, Murder And Extortion, Were Registered Against Atiq Ahmed Over The Past Two Decades. A Local Court Sentenced Him And Two Others To Life In Jail In March This Year In A Kidnapping Case.

Ahmed Had Previ­ously Claimed There Was A Threat To His Own Life From The Police. Video Showed Ahmed And His Broth­er, Ashraf, Both In Handcuffs, Speaking To Journalists On The Way To A Medical Check-Up At A Hospital Seconds Before They Were Both Shot.

In The Footage, Shared Widely On Social Media And TV Chan­nels, Ahmed Was Asked Whether He Attended His Son’s Funeral. His Last Words To Camera Were: “They Did Not Take Us, So We Did Not Go.”

The Three Suspected Assailants Had Arrived At The Site On Motorcy­cles, The Police Said.

A Policeman And A Journalist Were Also Injured At The Scene. Following Saturday Night’s Incident, Chief Minister, Yogi Aditya­nath, Ordered A Judicial Probe Into The Killings And Banned Large Gath­erings In The Districts Of Uttar Pradesh State To Ensure Peace.

Experts Have Raised Questions On How A Man Could Be Killed In Front Of The Media And The Police. BBC Hindi Correspondent, Anant Zanane, Reported From Prayagraj That The City Was In A Lockdown-Like Situation.

He Had A Long Stint Both In Politics And With The Criminal World. He Was First Ac­cused In A Murder Case In 1979. In The Next 10 Years, He Emerged As A Person Who Had Strong Influence In The West­ern Part Of Allahabad City.

He Won His First Election As An Inde­pendent Candidate And Became A State Lawmak­er In 1989. He Went On To Win The Seat For Two Consecutive Terms And His Fourth Win Came As A Lawmaker From The Regional Samajwadi Party (SP). —BBC

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