The three men who shot and killed gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, and his brother Ashraf, were inspired by jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, sources have said. The three killers were identified by the police as Lovelesh Tiwari, Sunny Singh and Arun Maurya. They came posing as journalists and shot Ahmed and his brother at point-blank range while they were speaking to reporters in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj.