UP gangster Atiq Ahmad gets life term in 2006 kidnapping case

On Monday, the 2 brothers have been delivered to the Naini jail, after lengthy highway journeys from two separate prisons amid allegations that the previous Samjwadi Get together legislator can be killed in an encounter on the best way. Safety has been tightened within 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 vehicles carrying TV crews, his sister Ayesha Noori and attorneys.

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 within the Raju Pal homicide in 2005.

Police automobile carrying Atiq Ahmed virtually turns turtle, hits cow

Umesh Pal’s spouse Jaya Pal mentioned she will not be going to the courtroom however will ”pray” that Ahmed will get capital punishment. ”I’m not going to the courtroom. I shall be in my home and pray for capital punishment for Ahmed. In the event that they get life imprisonment, they are going to proceed to do the identical issues that they did with my husband,” Jaya Pal advised 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 within the highway journey by means of elements of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and eventually Uttar Pradesh.

Enormous police pressure was deployed on the predominant entrance of the Naini central jail, and entry of outsiders was stopped. A senior official of the Naini central jail mentioned that Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf shall be saved individually in high-security barracks.

They’ve been delivered to Prayagraj in compliance with the courtroom’s orders, Police Commissioner Ramit Sharma mentioned.

Circumstances registered

After the killing of BSP MLA Raju Pal on January 25, 2005, Umesh Pal, then a zila panchayat member, had advised 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 towards Atiq, his brother Ashraf and 4 unidentified individuals. The chargesheet talked about 11 accused individuals.

Atiq Ahmed, a former Samajwadi Get together MP from Phulpur, was shifted to the Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat in June 2019 following a Supreme Courtroom order after he was accused of orchestrating the kidnapping and assault of actual property businessman Mohit Jaiswal whereas in jail in Uttar Pradesh. He’s named in additional than 100 legal circumstances, together with the Umesh Pal homicide case, police mentioned.

Ashraf, lodged within the Bareilly District Jail since July 2020, was delivered to the Naini Central Jail on Monday night amid tight safety preparations, officers mentioned. A police workforce accompanying him left Bareilly for Prayagraj on Monday morning.

Ahmed was allegedly concerned within the killing of Raju Pal, who was shot lifeless in 2005. Umesh Pal, a key witness within the former BSP MLA’s homicide case, was gunned down outdoors his Prayagraj residence on February 24.

On a criticism from Umesh Pal’s spouse Jaya, a case was lodged on the Dhoomanganj police station in Prayagraj towards 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 within the Raju Pal homicide case. Ahmed and his aides allegedly kidnapped him in 2006 and compelled him to offer a press release in courtroom of their favour. Umesh Pal had acquired a police criticism registered on this regard and the case was happening.

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 info resulting in the arrest of 5 accused, together with former MP Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad, within the Umesh Pal homicide case from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.