On Saturday night, in a major turn of events, gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed who were on their way towards medical checkup at a hospital in Prayagraj were gunned down on camera by three shooters in the presence of Uttar Pradesh police officials.

The three shooters  immediately after the shootout, surrendered before the police and were transferred to an undisclosed location, are now identified.

From UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to state police DGP to authrorities in the junior level, all swung into action after the murder. Police started its investigation to snoop into the background of the shooters.

The killers are identified by the police as Lovlesh Tewari, Sunny Singh and Arun Maurya who disguised as media personnel and fired several rounds at the gangsters who were convicted in the Umesh Pal murder case.

Reports said all three shooters have a criminal background. Their families have denied accepting them.

Lovelesh Tiwari is a resident of Banda, his father Yagya Tiwari said he saw the entire incident on TV and was never aware of the actions of his son. He also denied accepting his son saying the family has no relations with him.

Yagya Tiwari also said that Lovelesh was jailed in a different case earlier. He also claimed that Lovelesh is a drug addict.

Sunny, who has 14 cases registered against him was on run since he was declared a history-sheeter and has not visited his home for over years now, as claimed by his brother Pintu Singh who runs a tea stall.

Arun, the third shooter was a worker in a factory in Delhi and had left home in his early years, he is one of the accused in the murder case of a policeman inside a train in 2010.

Reports claim that all three accused have testified before the police that they wished to become a notorious criminal, the reason behind which they killed Atiq and his brother Ashraf.

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