Extra vigil is also being maintained in other jails, where Atiq’s arrested associate and jailed gangster Mukhtar Ansari is lodged. The State Police Administration has instructed the Jail Superintendents to personally keep an eye on those who meet these prisoners and keep the headquarters updated.
02:06
Prayagraj CP gave information on Atiq Ahmed’s shootout; Said, ‘The shooters were disguised as reporters’
Guidelines have been issued for prisoners in jails and undertrials in terror cases. “A list of 10 most frequent visitors to meet these prisoners should be compiled and their verification should be done by the concerned district police chiefs,” the order issued by the CBI said. Director General of police RK Vishwakarma.
The order mentioned that all such meetings should be held under CCTV surveillance and in the presence of local intelligence unit personnel along with the jailer and deputy jailer.
04:58
UP: Atiq Ahmed and brother Ashraf shot dead in Prayagraj
The DGP has also constituted a three-member supervisory panel to assist the Special Investigation Team (SIT). Prayagraj The Commissioner of Police will investigate how the killers of Atiq and Ashraf broke the multi-layered security cordon and killed them in front of TV cameras.
The SIT comprises Additional DCP Satish Chandra, ACP Satyendra Prasad Tiwari and Insp. Om Prakash of Kotwali Police Station ADG (Prayagraj) Bhanu Bhaskar, Prayagraj Police Commissioner Ramita Sharma and Forensic Science Lab Director Sudhir Kumar Create supervisory panel.
A senior police headquarters official said the task of the supervisory team was to look into all legal aspects like writs filed in courts in connection with the murder of Atiq and Ashraf.