Atiq Ahmed, brother Ashraf to be buried at native village

Asad Ahmad's last rites were performed at the Kasari Masari graveyard in Prayagraj on Saturday

A day after Umesh Pal murder case accused Asad, who fell to police bullets, was buried at the Kasari Masari graveyard here, two more graves were dug on Sunday for his father - gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed - and uncle Asraf, both of whom were shot dead on Saturday night.

"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 while toiling in the scorching heat on Sunday afternoon.

The graveyard is located in the ancestral village of Ahmed. Khan said that Atiq Ahmed's parents were also laid to rest there.

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Khan, who also prepared Asad's grave, said that it was the residents of the locality who told him to dig the graves and not Ahmed's family members.

"I have also dug the grave of his (Atiq's) father. My father had dug the grave of his mother," he said.

Asad Ahmed's last rites were performed at the Kasari Masari graveyard here on Saturday amid heavy police security, with only a few distant relatives and locals present inside the burial ground.

Asad and his accomplice Ghulam, both wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, were shot dead in an exchange of fire with the Uttar Pradesh Police near Jhansi on Thursday.

Asad was the third of the five sons of Atiq Ahmed and was absconding since te murder on February 24.

Hours after Asad was interred, Atiq Ahmed (60) and his brother Ashraf were shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as journalists when the duo was answering queries from mediapersons while being escorted by police personnel to a medical college in Prayagraj for a checkup.