Indian politician, Atiq Ahmed who was also known as a hardened criminal, was shot dead on live tv while being questioned by journalists. He was short on Saturday night (April 15, 2023). The incident happened in Prayagraj, also known as Allahabad.
He was shot dead live on tv during an interview with journalists while in handcuffs. He was 60 years old. He was being escorted by the police with his brother, Ashraf when a gunman pulled closer to his head and shot him.
“When someone can be killed by firing openly amidst the security cordon of the police, then what about the safety of the general public. Due to this, an atmosphere of fear is being created among the public; it seems that some people are deliberately creating such an atmosphere,” an Indian politician named Akhilesh Yadav wrote in a social media post.
Ahmed was a well-known hardened criminal and gang leader who rose the ranks to become a politician. He first made it on the police radar after he was charged with murder in 1979. He became a strong influence in the western part of Allahabad city in 1989.
He became a member of parliament in 2004 for SP while under numerous criminal charges. In the early 2010s, he contested for re-election multiple times but lost tragically.
He was arrested in 2019 and was ordered to be moved in a jail located in Gujarat State after it was reported that he had planned several attacks on a businessman while he was in prison awaiting other criminal charges.