Atiq and Ashraf Ahmed who were in handcuffs, were shot dead by three men posing as journalists when they were answering reporters' queries while being escorted by police personnel to a medical college in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj for a checkup on Saturday night.
Opinion! How Atiq Ahmed's Killers Planned His Murder, Guns Tucked In: When Atiq Ahmed's Killers Planned His Murder, The assassins arrived in Prayagraj two days earlier and lodged at a hotel.
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking that an expert committee headed by a retired judge of the top court inquire into the murder of gangsters Atiq Ahmed and his brother while in police custody