The Uttar Pradesh government informed the Supreme Court on July 2 that it is investigating the “security lapses” which allowed three armed men to merge with journalists to dodge a police cordon and shoot dead gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother in full view of TV cameras on April 15.
The State said that “prima facie” reports from the senior police officers concerned has revealed that four policemen and the Station House Officer (SHO) of Shahganj police station, under whose jurisdiction the killings happened, have been placed under suspension pending initiation of disciplinary proceedings.
