PIL Seeking Probe Into Atiq-Ashraf Double Murder; SC to Hear Plea on April 28

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the plea seeking a probe into the killing of Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in police presence in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on April 28. This plea is seeking the formation of an independent expert committee under the chairmanship of a former Supreme Court judge to inquire into the double murder.

Advocate Vishal Tiwari has filed this PIL seeking an inquiry into the extra-judicial killings in Uttar Pradesh. He wants an independent expert committee to inquire into the 183 encounters which had occurred since 2017 in Uttar Pradesh, as stated by the Special Director General of Police (Law and Order) as well as the killing of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf.

The petitioner said such incidents are a severe threat to the democracy and rule of law, and such acts are establishments of anarchy and prima facie development of the police state.