Only three shooters are involved in the murder of Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf. No fourth person’s name has come to the fore in the investigation done by the police so far. According to the police, the accused Sunny was given the Jigana pistol by the people of Gogi gang in Delhi. Sunny was given the task of killing a gangster in the court in Delhi NCR, which was not completed. Since then the pistol was with Sunny only. After the completion of the remand period of both the shooters, they have been brought to Pratapgarh.
It is being told that Sunny is the mastermind of the Atiq-Ashraf murder case. He had prepared Lavlesh Tiwari and another accused. In Prayagraj, on April 15, at 7:30 pm, the first shooter, Lovelesh Tiwari, left the hotel, followed by the other two shooters.
All the three shooters were taking moment by moment news of Atiq and Ashraf through the news. They had decided to kill Atiq and Ashraf in the hospital itself. The accused have told the police that if they had not been able to carry out the crime on 15 April, they would have targeted 16 or 17.
According to the police, the shooter had reached the hospital in an e-rickshaw and then committed the crime as soon as he got a chance. On April 13, during the appearance of Atiq-Ashraf in the CJM court, all the three shooters came to the court, but due to the tight security of the crowd and the police, the attack plan was postponed. During this he did Reiki and attacked again.
It is being told that two days before the incident i.e. on April 13 at 8:30 pm, the shooters had checked in at the hotel. All three stayed in room number-203 in the hotel. All three used to leave from here to do Reiki. All three used to leave the hotel one by one without going together so that no one could get a clue of their plans.
Shooter was following Atiq since the evening of April 13
It has also come to light that the three shooters were following Atiq and Ashraf since the evening of 13 April. They were engaged in gathering information that when the police leave for medical checkup regarding Atiq-Ashraf, when they return. All three had also reiki of the court.
SIT is probing fast in this murder case. SIT has recovered 2 mobile phones and a charger of the shooters hidden in the hotel. But, no sim is found in the mobile. SIT has also found old numbers in the mobiles recovered from the hotel room.
These three shooters had killed Atiq-Ashraf
Sunny Hamirpur, Lavlesh Tiwari Banda and another accused in the murder of Atiq Ahmed are residents of Kasganj district. Lovelesh is a resident of Kyotra in Banda. There are four cases registered against him. He has gone to jail for slapping the girl. Sunny is a resident of Kurara in Hamirpur. He is a history sheeter of the police station, whose history sheet number is 281A. About 15 cases are registered against him, while another accused had killed a policeman posted at the GRP station, after which he was absconding.
Shooter Sunny in police custody has revealed that he was in contact with the Jitendra Gogi gang of Delhi, from where he got the Jigana pistol, which led to the murder of Atiq Ahmed. Jitendra Gogi was counted among the most wanted gangsters of Delhi, who was murdered in 2021 in Delhi’s Rohini Court.