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Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2006 kidnapping case of lawyer Umesh Pal.
Ahmad and two others together with Dinesh Pasi and Khan Saulat Haneef have been sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation to Umesh Pal’s household and Rs 3000 as superb on every imposed.
Special MP-MLA courtroom choose Dinesh Chandr Shukla held Ahmed, Saulat Hanif, a lawyer, and Dinesh Pasi responsible in the case, authorities counsel Gulab Chandra Agrahari stated. Seven others together with Ahmed’s brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf have been acquitted in the case, he stated.
After the killing of the then BSP MLA Raju Pal on January 25, 2005, Umesh Pal, then a zila panchayat member, had instructed police he was a witness to the homicide.
Umesh Pal had alleged that when he refused to retract and buckle underneath strain from Ahmed, he was kidnapped at gunpoint on February 28, 2006. The FIR was registered on July 5, 2007, in opposition to Ahmed, his brother and others.
The police had submitted a chargesheet in the matter in opposition to 11 folks. One of them later died.
Ahmed and Ashraf are additionally accused of being concerned in a conspiracy, whereas they have been each in jail, to kill Umesh Pal. Umesh Pal was gunned down exterior his Prayagraj residence on February 24.
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Earlier, the Supreme Court rejected Atiq Ahmed’s request for cover throughout his UP police custody.The Supreme Court bench, nevertheless, allowed Atiq Ahmed to method the Allahabad High courtroom for cover after claiming a risk to his life in UP Police’s custody.
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On Monday, the 2 brothers have been dropped at the Naini jail, after lengthy street journeys from two separate prisons amid allegations that the previous Samjwadi Party legislator can be killed in an encounter on the best way. Security has been tightened in the courtroom premises in addition to the jail advanced the place the accused are lodged.
The police cavalcade which introduced Atiq Ahmed from the Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad round 5.30 pm was adopted by automobiles carrying TV crews, his sister Ayesha Noori and legal professionals.
For Ahmed, the 1,200 km from the Gujarat jail took about 24 hours. Ashraf was introduced from the Bareilly Central Jail, and his convoy reached an hour-and-a-half after Ahmed entered the jail.
The brothers are additionally accused of being concerned in a conspiracy, whereas they have been each in jail, to kill Umesh Pal, a witness in the Raju Pal homicide in 2005.
Police car carrying Atiq Ahmed virtually turns turtle, hits cow
Umesh Pal’s spouse Jaya Pal stated she will not be going to the courtroom however will ”pray” that Ahmed gets capital punishment. ”I’m not going to the courtroom. I can be in my home and pray for capital punishment for Ahmed. If they get life imprisonment, they’ll proceed to do the identical issues that they did with my husband,” Jaya Pal instructed reporters.
On February 23, the witness and two policemen assigned to guard Umesh Pal have been gunned down in Prayagraj.
The Prayagraj police cavalcade, escorting Ahmed, began off from the Gujarat jail at about 6 pm Sunday in the street journey by way of elements of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and at last Uttar Pradesh.
Huge police power was deployed on the foremost entrance of the Naini central jail, and entry of outsiders was stopped. A senior official of the Naini central jail stated that Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf can be saved individually in high-security barracks.
They have been dropped at Prayagraj in compliance with the courtroom’s orders, Police Commissioner Ramit Sharma stated.
Cases registered
After the killing of BSP MLA Raju Pal on January 25, 2005, Umesh Pal, then a zila panchayat member, had instructed police he was a witness to the homicide.
Umesh alleged that when he refused to retract and buckle underneath strain from Atiq Ahmed, he was kidnapped at gunpoint on February 28, 2006. The FIR was registered on July 5, 2007 in opposition to Atiq, his brother Ashraf and 4 unidentified individuals. The chargesheet talked about 11 accused individuals.
Atiq Ahmed, a former Samajwadi Party MP from Phulpur, was shifted to the Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat in June 2019 following a Supreme Court order after he was accused of orchestrating the kidnapping and assault of actual property businessman Mohit Jaiswal whereas in jail in Uttar Pradesh. He is called in greater than 100 legal circumstances, together with the Umesh Pal homicide case, police stated.
Ashraf, lodged in the Bareilly District Jail since July 2020, was dropped at the Naini Central Jail on Monday night amid tight safety preparations, officers stated. A police group accompanying him left Bareilly for Prayagraj on Monday morning.
Ahmed was allegedly concerned in the killing of Raju Pal, who was shot lifeless in 2005. Umesh Pal, a key witness in the previous BSP MLA’s homicide case, was gunned down exterior his Prayagraj residence on February 24.
On a grievance from Umesh Pal’s spouse Jaya, a case was lodged on the Dhoomanganj police station in Prayagraj in opposition to Ahmed, his brother Ashraf, spouse Shaista Parveen, two sons, aides Guddu Muslim and Ghulam, and 9 others.
Jaya Pal alleged that her husband was the prime witness in the Raju Pal homicide case. Ahmed and his aides allegedly kidnapped him in 2006 and compelled him to provide a press release in courtroom in their favour. Umesh Pal had acquired a police grievance registered in this regard and the case was occurring.
The FIR additionally alleged {that a} conspiracy was hatched by Ahmed, Ashraf and Parveen to kill Umesh Pal and his safety guard Sandeep Nishad and the assault on them was carried out by the previous MP’s sons and aides.
Two males allegedly linked to Umesh Pal’s killing – Arbaaz and Vijay Chowdhary alias Usman – have been killed in police encounters on February 27 and March 6 respectively.
On March 13, the Uttar Pradesh Police had elevated the reward for anybody offering data resulting in the arrest of 5 accused, together with former MP Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad, in the Umesh Pal homicide case from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.
