■ Bodies of Atiq Ahmad, Ashraf were buried at Kasari Masari graveyard after post-mortem 

 

THE Uttar Pradesh Government on Sunday constituted a three-member judicial commission to probe into the killing of gangsterpolitician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Khalid Azeem alias Ashraf. The commission will be headed by High Court judge (retired) Arvind KumarTripathi, and retired judge Brijesh Kumar Soni and former DGP Subesh Kumar Singh will be its members, officials said here. The commission will have to submit its report to the Government within two months, they said, adding the State home department has constituted the commission under Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952. Policepatrollingwasintensified on Sunday in Prayagraj’s Chakiya area where gangster-turnedpolitician Atiq Ahmad’s house is located even as the Uttar Pradesh Police tightened security across the State, aday afterAtiqandhis brother Ashraf were shot dead at point-blank range. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) have been issued in all districts of Uttar Pradesh to prevent any untoward incident. Internetservicesremainshut in Prayagraj district as part of the security measures.

 

The two brothers were shot deadatpoint-blankrange by three men posing as journalists in the middle of a media interaction on Saturday night while police personnel were escorting them to a medical college here for a checkup. Meanwhile, gangsterpolitician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Khalid Azeem alias Ashraf were buried in their ancestral village in this Uttar Pradesh district on Sunday. The three assailants who killed gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf posed as journalists, carryingvideocameras,mike andmediaidentitycards,the Uttar Pradesh Police said on Sunday.