Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed received at least nine bullets, including one in the head, during sensational on camera mafia-style shooting in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on Saturday night.

Reports citing the post-mortem report of the slain gangster and his brother Khalid Azeem alias Ashraf Ahmed, said that doctors found at least nine bullets in Atiq Ahmed’s body, including a bullet to the head that likely led to his on-spot demise.

The post-mortem examination, conducted by a team of five doctors and videographed to ensure proper investigation into the high-profile case, said Atiq Ahmed was shot eight times in the chest and back and once in the head.

They said that the autopsy found five bullets in the body of Atiq’s brother Ashraf Ahmed, who was also shot dead along with him in front of the police outside a Prayagraj hospital. As per the autopsy report, Ashraf was shot four times in the back and once in the face/head.

Atiq Ahmed and his brother Khalid Azeem alias Ashraf Ahmed were gunned down in front of the Uttar Pradesh police while they were on their way for a medical checkup at a hospital in Prayagraj on Saturday night.

In a mafia-style shooting, three gunmen, posing as journalists, shot and killed the Ahmad brothers on camera and later surrendered before the police.

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Following the killing, the Union Home Ministry said it will prepare a list of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the safety of journalists.

The shooters, who were whisked away to an undisclosed location, have been identified as Lovlesh Tewari, Sunny Singh and Arun Maurya—all three have a deep criminal background and killed Atiq and his brother to climb the ranks in the criminal underworld, according to the police.

Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, had recently been convicted in the Umesh Pal kidnapping and murder case.

On Thursday, Atiq’s 19-year-old son Asad Ahmad, was shot dead in an encounter by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police in Jhansi.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday announced that a three-member judicial commission will probe the gangster’s brazen killing.

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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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