Atiq Ahmed, Ashraf Buried Near Asad's Grave In Prayagraj Amid Tight Security

The last rites of Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were performed at the Kasari Masari graveyard in Prayagraj.

(L) The graves where gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were buried; Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf. ( Image Source :ABP News, PTI )

New Delhi: Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were buried in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj amid heavy security on Sunday. The last rites of the Ahmed brothers were performed at the Kasari Masari graveyard in Prayagraj. 

Earlier in the evening, the bodies of Atiq Ahmed and his brother were handed over to their family members after autopsy. 

Uttar Pradesh | Bodies of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed brought to Kasari Masari burial ground in Prayagraj where they will be buried.

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Police, RAF, and CRPF personnel were deployed in every lane leading to the cemetery. Several lamps have been installed around the cemetery to illuminate the entire burial ground. 

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Two graves were dug on Sunday for Atiq and Ashraf. "It will take about 8-10 hours. The graves have to be 7-8 ft deep. The sun is blazing so it is taking more effort," Janu Khan, the grave digger, said.

 

 

 

 

 

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The cemetery is situated in the ancestral town of Ahmed. According to Khan, Atiq Ahmed's parents were also buried there.

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Khan, who likewise pre-arranged Asad's grave, said that it was the occupants of the region who advised him to dig the graves and not Ahmed's relatives. "I have also dug the grave of his (Atiq's) father. My father had dug the grave of his mother," he said.

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Notably, Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as journalists just hours after Asad was buried. The men were responding to questions from the media while being escorted by police to a medical college in Prayagraj for a check-up.