Key Points
While Atiq Ahmed hailed from Uttar Pradesh, Sidhu Moosewala was a citizen Canada..
But the manner in which they died was eerily similar gunned down in a hail of bullets full public view by their rivals Image Courtesy Agencies..
New Delhi: Most gangsters ultimately meet the same fate eliminated by the police or by fellow denizens of the underworld..
Atiq Ahmed, had admitted to smuggling sophisticated firearms from Pakistan and his links with terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and was booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA)...
On Saturday night, while being escorted by police to a Prayagraj medical college for a checkup, Atiq Ahmad (60) and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead at point-blank range by three guys disguised as journalists during an interaction with the media...
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