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This team is headed by the additional Director General of the Prayagraj Police. (File) Uttar Pradesh police have formed a three-member Special Investigations Team (SIT) to investigate the murder of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf in Prayagraj, a senior official said on Monday. Citing a statement issued by Uttar Pradesh Police Director General RK Vishwakarma, Special Police (Law and Order) Director General Prashant Kumar said that the SIT was formed on the instructions of Police Commissioner Prayagraj.
To ensure qualitative research and timely action, a three-member supervisory team was also formed.
This team is headed by the additional Director General of the Prayagraj Police. The other two members are the Prayagraj police commissioner and the director of the Lucknow forensic laboratory, according to the statement.
Atiq and Ashraf, who were arrested in connection with the murder of Umesh Pal in February this year, were shot dead in Prayagraj on Saturday night by three men posing as journalists as the brothers were taken to hospital under escort. police.
