Atiq Ahmed, a former politician convicted in a kidnapping case, was shot while under police escort.
By Mattea BubaloA former Indian politician convicted of kidnapping has been shot dead live on TV along with his brother.
Video showed Ahmed and his brother, Ashraf, speaking to journalists on the way to a medical check-up at a nearby hospital seconds before they were both shot. The three men who had posed as journalists surrendered soon after the shooting, local media reported. A policeman and a journalist were also injured on the scene, police said.
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