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| Atiq Ahmed: Moments before former Indian MP shot | Atiq Ahmed: Moments before former Indian MP shot |
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| Controversial former Indian politician Atiq Ahmed was shot and killed on Saturday night as he was talking to reporters. | Controversial former Indian politician Atiq Ahmed was shot and killed on Saturday night as he was talking to reporters. |
| Shots were fired and three men who had been posing as journalists were then detained by police in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state. The state government is investigating. | Shots were fired and three men who had been posing as journalists were then detained by police in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state. The state government is investigating. |
| Ahmed, who was under police escort at the time, has had dozens of cases registered against him over the past two decades, including kidnapping, murder and extortion. | Ahmed, who was under police escort at the time, has had dozens of cases registered against him over the past two decades, including kidnapping, murder and extortion. |
| Read more about who Atiq Ahmed was and what happened here. |