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The pistol used to shoot Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf was of the same model as the one used in Punjabi singer-turned-politician Sidhu Moosewala’s murder, a recent report has claimed.
As per a report from The Week, the semi-automatic pistol called Zigana is produced by Turkish firearm manufacturing company TİSAŞ.
The Turkey-made pistol was illegally imported to India through Pakistan, reports from News18 said.
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