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Gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother, flanked by several policemen, were interacting with reporters when a hand appeared out of nowhere and shot them in the head. The men, who were handcuffed, collapsed on the spot, video of the scene showed. The men were being taken for a check-up at the hospital when they were attacked. The murder, which was caught on camera, comes just days after Atiq Ahmed's son was killed in a clash with police.
A former politician, one hundred cases, including kidnapping and murder, have been brought against Atiq Ahmed. He was convicted in a kidnapping case.
He was also charged with the 2005 murder of Bahujan party MP Samaj Raju Pal and the murder of Umesh Pal, the slain MP's lawyer, in February this year.
