LI Network
Published on: 17 April 2023 at 13:14 IST
A Plea has been made to the Supreme Court for an independent expert committee, headed by a former Supreme Court judge, to investigate the killing of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, who were shot dead while under police escort in Uttar pradesh’s Prayagraj.
The plea, filed by advocate, also calls for an inquiry into the 183 police encounters that have occurred in Uttar Pradesh since 2017.
Ahmad and Ashraf were shot dead by three men posing as journalists while being escorted to a medical college for a checkup on Saturday night.
The plea argues that police actions such as these pose a severe threat to democracy and the rule of law, and that extra-judicial killings or fake police encounters have no place under the law.