Former Indian legislator and brother fatally shot live on TV

Policemen stand guard in the area where Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were shot in, Prayagraj, India (Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP)

A former Indian legislator convicted of kidnapping and facing murder and assault charges was shot dead along with his brother in a dramatic attack that was caught live on TV in northern India.

Atiq Ahmad and his brother, Ashraf Ahmad, were under police escort on their way to a medical check-up at a hospital on Saturday night when three men posing as journalists targeted the two brothers from close range in Prayagraj city in Uttar Pradesh state.