After Atiq murder, cops’ focus shifts to absconding partner Shaista to unravel truth in Umesh Pal case

Express News Service

LUCKNOW: With the murder of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Khalid Azeem aka Ashraf, the primary focus of the Uttar Pradesh police has now shifted to Atiq’s partner Shaista Parveen to unravel the fact behind the Umesh Pal murder. Shaista has eluded the police web for almost two months, having been absconding since February 26, two days after the murder of Umesh Pal and his two police guards.

Shaista, Zainab Fatima (Ashraf’s partner), Atiq’s sister Aisha Noori and her daughters are all among the many many accused in Umesh Pal murder case. However, Shaista is carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on her arrest. Meanwhile, Bombbaaz Guddu Muslim, one in all many closest aides of Atiq and wanted in Umesh Pal murder case can be absconding, carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head. UP STF chief Amitabh Yash claims that Guddu Muslim will rapidly be throughout the police web.

While the Prayagraj police administration had been anticipating a quit by Atiq’s partner Shaista Parveen after the encounter of her son Asad on April 13 adopted by Atiq and Ashraf’s killing on Saturday evening time, she neither surrendered nor did she make any effort to attend the burial of Asad or that of Atiq and Ashraf. As per police sources, plenty of teams had been tracing Shaista Parveen as after the killing of Atiq and Ashraf, it was she who may spill beans about procurement of the refined weapons used to kill Umesh Pal by Atiq’s gang, the affiliation of money for the assailants and completely different important particulars.

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“The interrogation of Shaista is crucial to breach the network through which Atiq gang used to procure ultra-modern and sophisticated weapons. Both Atiq and Ashraf had hinted during their grilling in police remand that Shaista was handling monetary transactions and was running the illegal real estate business while both the brothers were away in jail,” said a senior police provide. The investigation up to now had hinted at Shaista’s energetic involvement in handing over money, sim enjoying playing cards and lots of others to the Umesh Pal shooters, added the official. A resident of Damupur village of Prayagraj, Shaista was married to Atiq in 1996. She is the eldest amongst 4 sisters and two brothers. Her father Mohammad Harun is a retired police constable.

Significantly, with half a dozen accused, along with Asad, Atiq and Ashraf, throughout the Umesh Pal murder ineffective, Shaista is the one needed hyperlink to unravel the fact. “Moreover, Shaista was Atiq’s key connection to the outside world since 2017 when he was sent to jail. She is also a potential source to reveal details of individuals who helped Atiq run his illegal empire of benami properties in UP and outside,” said one different senior police official.

“She can also spill the beans about Atiq’s associates who were making profits in his name and throw light on those from whom Atiq had death threats,” said an officer. So far, the Prayagraj administration has related Atiq’s properties value spherical Rs 417 crore and has demolished value over Rs 752 crore before now three years. Those who had been close to Atiq disclosed that he used to take a place his illegally earned money into completely different firms and duties by way of his white collared companions along with politicians, builders, realtors, huge contractors, resort homeowners, medical docs, attorneys and lots of others. He made investments of their duties and used to draw earnings which used to achieve Shaista.

Highly positioned sources in Prayagraj moreover declare that Shaista did not quit however as she knew that in her absence, there may be no one to handle Atiq’s empire of crores and that his property and property would usurped by his henchmen and associates.

In reality, Atiq had purchased properties value crores throughout the determine of his associates and henchmen. Earlier, his properties had been acknowledged in Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Lucknow and some 20 completely different districts. Moreover, Atiq’s ‘benami’ properties and investments are moreover believed be in a number of completely different states.

Shaista, 51, has 4 jail circumstances registered in direction of her at Colonelganj and Dhoomanganj police stations of Prayagraj. The first three circumstances filed at Colonelganj police station date once more to 2009 and had been registered beneath completely completely different sections of the Indian Penal Code, along with 420 (dishonest), 467 (forgery of useful security or will), 468 (forgery for aim of dishonest) and 471 (using forged doc) aside from half 30 (contravention of licence or rule) of the Arms Act. In these three circumstances, value sheets have been filed by the police on the court docket docket of explicit chief judicial Justice of the Peace, Prayagraj.

However, the fourth case registered on February 24, 2023 at Dhoomanganj police station pertains to the murders of lawyer Umesh Pal, a chief witness throughout the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case, and his two police guards.

LUCKNOW: With the murder of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Khalid Azeem aka Ashraf, the primary focus of the Uttar Pradesh police has now shifted to Atiq’s partner Shaista Parveen to unravel the fact behind the Umesh Pal murder. Shaista has eluded the police web for almost two months, having been absconding since February 26, two days after the murder of Umesh Pal and his two police guards.

Shaista, Zainab Fatima (Ashraf’s partner), Atiq’s sister Aisha Noori and her daughters are all among the many many accused in Umesh Pal murder case. However, Shaista is carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on her arrest. Meanwhile, Bombbaaz Guddu Muslim, one in all many closest aides of Atiq and wanted in Umesh Pal murder case can be absconding, carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head. UP STF chief Amitabh Yash claims that Guddu Muslim will rapidly be throughout the police web.

While the Prayagraj police administration had been anticipating a quit by Atiq’s partner Shaista Parveen after the encounter of her son Asad on April 13 adopted by Atiq and Ashraf’s killing on Saturday evening time, she neither surrendered nor did she make any effort to attend the burial of Asad or that of Atiq and Ashraf. As per police sources, plenty of teams had been tracing Shaista Parveen as after the killing of Atiq and Ashraf, it was she who may spill beans about procurement of the refined weapons used to kill Umesh Pal by Atiq’s gang, the affiliation of money for the assailants and completely different important particulars.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

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“The interrogation of Shaista is crucial to breach the network through which Atiq gang used to procure ultra-modern and sophisticated weapons. Both Atiq and Ashraf had hinted during their grilling in police remand that Shaista was handling monetary transactions and was running the illegal real estate business while both the brothers were away in jail,” said a senior police provide. The investigation up to now had hinted at Shaista’s energetic involvement in handing over money, sim enjoying playing cards and lots of others to the Umesh Pal shooters, added the official. A resident of Damupur village of Prayagraj, Shaista was married to Atiq in 1996. She is the eldest amongst 4 sisters and two brothers. Her father Mohammad Harun is a retired police constable.

Significantly, with half a dozen accused, along with Asad, Atiq and Ashraf, throughout the Umesh Pal murder ineffective, Shaista is the one needed hyperlink to unravel the fact. “Moreover, Shaista was Atiq’s key connection to the outside world since 2017 when he was sent to jail. She is also a potential source to reveal details of individuals who helped Atiq run his illegal empire of benami properties in UP and outside,” said one different senior police official.

“She can also spill the beans about Atiq’s associates who were making profits in his name and throw light on those from whom Atiq had death threats,” said an officer. So far, the Prayagraj administration has related Atiq’s properties value spherical Rs 417 crore and has demolished value over Rs 752 crore before now three years. Those who had been close to Atiq disclosed that he used to take a place his illegally earned money into completely different firms and duties by way of his white collared companions along with politicians, builders, realtors, huge contractors, resort homeowners, medical docs, attorneys and lots of others. He made investments of their duties and used to draw earnings which used to achieve Shaista.

Highly positioned sources in Prayagraj moreover declare that Shaista did not quit however as she knew that in her absence, there may be no one to handle Atiq’s empire of crores and that his property and property would usurped by his henchmen and associates.

In reality, Atiq had purchased properties value crores throughout the determine of his associates and henchmen. Earlier, his properties had been acknowledged in Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Lucknow and some 20 completely different districts. Moreover, Atiq’s ‘benami’ properties and investments are moreover believed be in a number of completely different states.

Shaista, 51, has 4 jail circumstances registered in direction of her at Colonelganj and Dhoomanganj police stations of Prayagraj. The first three circumstances filed at Colonelganj police station date once more to 2009 and had been registered beneath completely completely different sections of the Indian Penal Code, along with 420 (dishonest), 467 (forgery of useful security or will), 468 (forgery for aim of dishonest) and 471 (using forged doc) aside from half 30 (contravention of licence or rule) of the Arms Act. In these three circumstances, value sheets have been filed by the police on the court docket docket of explicit chief judicial Justice of the Peace, Prayagraj.

However, the fourth case registered on February 24, 2023 at Dhoomanganj police station pertains to the murders of lawyer Umesh Pal, a chief witness throughout the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case, and his two police guards.