It was a frightening scene when a crazed gunman approached an Indian politician and his brother and shot them in the head.
Atiq Ahmad was shot dead while speaking to journalists live on TV in the terrible footage from the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Ahmad, who had more than 100 criminal cases pending against him, was reportedly under arrest and being led by police to a court-ordered medical examination when the event took place.
Only two days prior, his son Asad Ahmad was fatally shot by Uttar Pradesh Police in what was widely regarded as an extra-judicial assassination.
When Ahmad was being questioned by journalists about why he had not gone to his son’s funeral, a gunman crept up behind him, pointed a revolver straight at his head, and shot him once, instantly killing him.
The shooter fired several rounds at Atiq as he fell to the ground.
Then, two more shooters opened fire, murdering his brother Ashraf, who had a history of crime identical to that of his cousin.
In the hail of gunfire, a police officer and a journalist were also said to have been hurt.
As they were being apprehended by police, the assailants were heard yelling “Surrender” and “Jai Sree Ram,” a cry honouring the god of Hinduism.
After the attack, a police commissioner said, “All the three shooters have been kept in three different police stations of the city”.
A judicial panel has also been appointed by the government of Uttar Pradesh to investigate the attack.
Anarchy And Lawlessness
Additional police were deployed, and they were marching on foot around the city.
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Ahmad, a former member of parliament, and his brother were in police custody and they were taken to Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, where Ahmed was charged with murder and assault.
Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, the state where the shooting occurred, has been under fire for encouraging “encounters,” a phrase used in his state to describe extra-judicial killings.
He has since established a high-level commission to look into the murder.
Adityanath and the governing BJP party have been under fire from opposition lawmakers and human rights advocates for encouraging “anarchy and lawlessness”.
“What about the safety of the general public when someone can be killed by firing openly amidst the security cordon of the police?” Akhilesh Yadav, a former chief minister of the state, tweeted.
Because of this, the general public is experiencing a climate of fear, which suggests that certain individuals are doing it on purpose.
Mail Online has learned that in an effort to restore law and order, police had set a hard curfew and were conducting flag marches nearby.
While the preliminary investigations are being completed, the three gunmen have been detained at three different police stations.