Prayagraj: The three accused in the murder of Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, Lavlesh Tiwari (22), Mohit alias Sunny (23) and Arun Maurya (18), are under threat of attack.
It is being told that these three may be attacked in Naini Central Jail. Due to this all three have been kept in high security cell. It is said that many henchmen of Atiq Ahmed are lodged in this jail.
For this reason, the jail administration has kept all the three accused in separate cells. Ateeq Ahmed’s son is also lodged in this jail. Because of which the police suspect that Ateeq’s henchmen who are lodged in the same jail may attack these three accused.
The special cell in which these three have been kept, CCTV is also installed in that cell. Significantly, late Saturday night, 62-year-old Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot by three armed men.
Then both of them were being taken for medical checkup in Prayagraj, UP. This incident took place when both the brothers were giving a statement to the media. Both the mafia brothers were gunned down in front of the police and cameras.