The case can be heard on April 24.
New Delhi:
The Supreme Court docket as we speak agreed to listen to a petition looking for a probe into the killings of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf. The case can be heard on April 24.
The petition has additionally sought an inquiry into extra-judicial killings in Uttar Pradesh.
Ahmed and Ashraf, in handcuffs, have been shot useless by three males posing as journalists once they have been addressing media personnel whereas being escorted by the police to a hospital for a medical checkup in Praayagraj on Saturday.
The final rites of Ahmed’s son Asad, who was amongst two males gunned down by the police in an encounter in Jhansi on April 13, have been held simply hours earlier than the previous MP and his brother’s killing.
The petition filed within the Supreme Court docket seeks an unbiased professional committee to probe the murders.
“Concern tips/instructions to safeguard the rule of legislation by constituting an Impartial Knowledgeable Committee underneath the Chairmanship of former Supreme Court docket justice to inquire into the 183 encounters which had occurred since 2017 as acknowledged by Uttar Pradesh Particular Director Normal of Police (Regulation and Order) and in addition to inquire into the police custody homicide of Atiq and Ashraf,” the petition learn.
“Such actions by police are a extreme menace to democracy and rule of legislation and result in a police state,” the petition acknowledged, referring to extra-judicial killings.
“In a democratic society the police can’t be allowed to turn out to be a mode of delivering remaining justice or to turn out to be a punishing authority. The ability of punishment is simply vested within the judiciary.”
The Uttar Pradesh Police claimed on Friday that within the six years of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s rule within the state, 183 criminals have been killed in encounters, together with Asad and his affiliate.
The three killers of Ahmed and his brother twere recognized by the police as Lovelesh Tiwari, Sunny Singh, and Arun Maurya. The attackers, all of their twenties, shouted “Jai Shri Ram” slogans earlier than being overpowered by the police.
The three have been despatched to judicial custody for 14 days after they have been produced in a courtroom over the weekend. They have been initially stored in Prayagraj’s Naini Jail however have been transferred to Pratapgarh Jail over safety issues on Monday.
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