Atiq Ahmed, brother Ashraf killed: Here is what we know so far

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The bullet-riddled bodies of Ahmad and Ashraf were taken away from the spot as tension gripped the area after the sensational killing.Both of them had been brought here for a court hearing in connection with the 2005 Umesh Pal murder case.. On April 13, Ahmads 19-year-old son Asad and an accomplice, Ghulam,were killed in a police encounter in Jhansi on April 13...

A month before his son Asad and his aide were killed in an encounter by the Uttar Pradesh police Thursday, Atiq had knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court for protection in custody in the Umesh Pal murder case.. BJP, SP react on Atiq Ahmeds murder ..

It was a big loss for the Ahmed family as the seat had fallen vacant after Atiq won the Lok Sabha seat from Allahabad in the 2004 general elections, The Indian Express said...

After Umesh Pal was killed on Friday (February 24), his wife, Jaya, told the police that he was an eyewitness in the Raju Pal murder case..

Here is how Atiq Ahmeds family was implicated in the Raju Pal and Umesh Pal murder cases...

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