MHA to prepare SOPs for safety of journalists following Atiq Ahmad's murder

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The Ministry of Home Affairs has put forth a standard operating procedure to ensure the safety and security of journalists, following the incident of three assailants who posed as media persons and killed gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf in Prayagraj, according to sources...

According to the sources, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the guidance of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Ministry of Home Affairs, will be preparing the standard operating procedure...

The step is being taken after three assailants posing as journalists killed Ahmad and his brother Ashraf in Prayagraj Saturday night while they were speaking to reporters, they said...

The two brothers were shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as journalists in the middle of a media interaction on Saturday night while police personnel were escorting them to a medical college here for a checkup...

The three assailants, were also arrested after shooting dead gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Prayagraj, will be presented before the magistrate today...

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