Five police personnel were suspended on Wednesday for negligence in connection with the killing of mafia-politician <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/atiqs-letter-in-sealed-envelope-being-sent-to-cji-uttar-pradesh-cm-says-his-lawyer-23281589" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Atiq Ahmad</a> and his brother Ashraf, a senior officer said here on Wednesday.
Shahganj police station in-charge Ashwani Kumar Singh was among those suspended. The remaining are a sub-inspector and three constables.
<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/atiq-ahmad-killing-internet-services-resume-in-prayagraj-23281600" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Atiq Ahmad</a> and Ashraf were shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as journalists in the middle of a media interaction on Saturday night when police personnel were escorting them to a hospital in the Shahganj police station area in Prayagraj for a checkup.
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The brothers were in handcuffs when they were killed in full view of camera crews.
The senior police officer said the five personnel were suspended after a special investigation team (SIT) charged them with negligence in discharging their duties.
Police Commissioner Ramit Sharma had constituted the three-member SIT headed by Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Satish Chandra to probe the killings.
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Shahganj police station in-charge Ashwani Kumar Singh was among those suspended. The remaining are a sub-inspector and three constables

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