India, Aug. 8 -- PRAYAGRAJ The Allahabad high court on Friday granted parole to slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's jailed sons Mohammad Umar and Ali Ahmed to enable them to attend the burial of their younger brother Aban Ahmad, who was killed in a road accident on Thursday while going to meet his brother at Jhansi jail.

The body of Aban Ahmed, 21, who was killed along with his friend Sonu, 25, when their SUV crashed into a road divider in Jhansi district, was brought to Prayagraj on Friday morning. He will be buried at the Kasari-Masari graveyard on Saturday morning, family members said.

A division bench of justices Ajay Bhanot and Divesh Chandra Samant passed the parole order on a petition filed by Atiq Ahmed's sister Parvee...