According to media reports politician Atiq Ahmed who had several criminal cases against him and his brother shot dead while being taken to hospital for a medical examination at Prayagraj (earlier Allahabad). The shooting was recorded on live television and broadcast all over the country, shocking people since there were a large number of police present. Ahmed, who was 5 times MLA and one time MP was killed while he was speaking to television reporters about the death of his son Asad who was killed a few days earlier.
Questions are being asked why he was taken for medical examination late at night, and why he was made to walk some to the hospital, why he was not directly taken inside the hospital