Ashwani Kumar Singh, the in-charge of the Shahganj police station, has been suspended along with a sub-inspector and three constables.
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Caught on cam: The moment when unidentified attackers shot dead Atiq Ahmad and his brother
On Saturday night, while police officers were escorting Ahmad and Ashraf to a hospital in the Shahganj police station area of Prayagraj for a checkup, three men posing as journalists shot them dead at point-blank range.
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There was a huge lapse in police security: Atiq and Ashraf’s lawyer
In handcuffs and in full view of the camera crews, the brothers were murdered.
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.
(With inputs from PTI)