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Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in police custody outside Prayagrajs Calvin hospital on 15 April 2023 by three assailants who breached the security cordon pretending to be media persons..
In its report, which ThePrint has accessed, the commission recommended that no information be shared with the media about the various stages of investigation and that the media not be allowed to broadcast live movements of the police, accused or victim...
The commission also recommended that media persons who travel to Uttar Pradesh from other states to cover a sensational incident, and whose information is not available with local authorities, should inform district information officer upon or before their arrival...
The judicial commission probing the Atiq Ahmed killing also recommended in its report that media houses inform the district information officer in advance about a team visiting a site for coverage of a programme/incident/press conference via an email...
Media will be regulated and controlled by related officials especially in the case of criminal incident/incident of public importance so that any hindrance in the way of the probe agency can be avoided and those involved in the incident can also be secured, it said.. Further, it recommended that the media not be allowed to broadcast live programmes that give away information about movement of police, accused or victim...
