Jailed Atiq Ahmed strikes SC claiming he could also be killed in pretend encounter by UP police

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Jailed former Samajwadi Party MP and gangster Atiq Ahmed on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court for defense, claiming that he and his household have been falsely “roped in” as accused within the Umesh Pal homicide case in Prayagraj and he could also be killed in a pretend encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Police.

In his plea, Ahmed, who’s presently lodged on the central jail Ahmedabad in Gujarat, has referred to the assertion made by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on the ground of the Assembly to “completely ruin and destroy” him and claimed there’s a “genuine and perceptible threat” to his and his relations’ lives.

He mentioned the Uttar Pradesh Police in all chance will search his transit remand and likewise police remand to take him from Ahmedabad to Prayagraj and he “genuinely apprehends that he may be eliminated during this transit period”.

In his plea filed within the apex court docket, 61-year-old Ahmed has sought instructions to the Centre, state of Uttar Pradesh and others to guard his life in opposition to the “open, direct and immediate threat” to his life from excessive state functionaries of Uttar Pradesh.

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“After the murder of Umesh Pal, Opposition put fuel in the fire in the House which provoked the CM to say ‘mafia ko mitti me mila doonga’ because petitioner was the main subject in argument in House,” the plea mentioned.

“Petitioner (Ahmed) genuinely apprehends and believes that the petitioner may be killed in a fake encounter on one pretext or the other by UP police particularly in view of the statement made by the Chief Minister of state of UP on the floor of the house,” the plea alleged.

Umesh Pal, who was the prime witness in then BSP MLA Raju Pal’s homicide in 2005, and his police safety guard Sandeep Nishad had been shot lifeless on Friday final outdoors his dwelling in Dhoomanganj space of Prayagraj.

Umesh Pal was a key witness within the 2005 MLA homicide case in Prayagraj wherein Ahmed and others are prime accused.

Arbaaz, an accused within the Umesh Pal homicide case, was killed in an encounter with the police on Monday. Dhoomanganj police station SHO Rajesh Maurya was additionally injured within the encounter.

The petition was filed on a day the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) demolished the home of a detailed aide of Ahmed.

Prayagraj Development Authority secretary Ajit Singh mentioned the home belonging to Zafar Ahmed has been bulldozed. He mentioned Atiq Ahmed’s spouse Shaista Parveen used to remain in the identical home earlier.

“The said house was constructed without getting its map (naksha) passed from the authority and a notice regarding the same was issued in the past. Most of the house was destroyed by the afternoon,” the officer mentioned.

Meanwhile, in his plea, Ahmed sought a path to the Centre to make sure his security and safety and that no bodily or bodily harm or some other hurt is brought about to him and his relations.

He has sought instructions restraining the state of Uttar Pradesh and others from taking him from Ahmedabad to Prayagraj or any a part of Uttar Pradesh.

He has requested that his interrogation, if any, be carried out on the Central Jail Ahmedabad or at some other appropriate place in Ahmedabad itself below the safety of Gujarat Police in addition to central or paramilitary forces.

He has sought the highest court docket’s path for his transit from Ahmedabad to Uttar Pradesh below the safety of any central police or paramilitary pressure if in any respect the transit is critical.

He has sought a path permitting his advocate to stay current throughout his interrogation and likewise to quash the warrants in opposition to him, if issued by any court docket, for taking him to Prayagraj from central jail Ahmedabad.

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The plea claimed that the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, with none investigation and merely on the premise of suspicion, had made an announcement on the ground of the state Assembly that Ahmed can be “destroyed and eliminated completely”.

“In such circumstances, the petitioner is constrained to file the present writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India before this court for the protection of his life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India,” it mentioned.

The plea claimed the petitioner and his relations don’t have any connection within the Umesh Pal homicide case and plainly a conspiracy has been hatched to fully wipe out him and his complete household politically as effectively bodily by falsely roping them on this case.

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It alleged that two minor sons of Ahmed have already been taken into “illegal custody” by the police since February 24 and they’re stored at an undisclosed location.

“It is even unknown to the petitioner whether they are dead or alive. The other two sons of the petitioner are also in jail in other false cases,” it mentioned, including that the petitioner fears for the security of his relations and has apprehensions that they might be killed in a pretend encounter.

The plea alleged that the petitioner and his relations have been falsely implicated and named within the FIR attributable to political and varied different causes and the primary motive appears to be that his spouse has joined the BSP and the social gathering has declared her as a candidate for the submit of Mayor within the forthcoming election.

“It was very well known to the rivals of the petitioner that if anything were to happen to Umesh Pal, then the petitioner would certainly be the prime suspect in view of the pending case against him by Umesh Pal and he will be made an accused. The same has been done,” the plea claimed.

NEW DELHI: Jailed former Samajwadi Party MP and gangster Atiq Ahmed on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court for defense, claiming that he and his household have been falsely “roped in” as accused within the Umesh Pal homicide case in Prayagraj and he could also be killed in a pretend encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Police.

In his plea, Ahmed, who’s presently lodged on the central jail Ahmedabad in Gujarat, has referred to the assertion made by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on the ground of the Assembly to “completely ruin and destroy” him and claimed there’s a “genuine and perceptible threat” to his and his relations’ lives.

He mentioned the Uttar Pradesh Police in all chance will search his transit remand and likewise police remand to take him from Ahmedabad to Prayagraj and he “genuinely apprehends that he may be eliminated during this transit period”.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

In his plea filed within the apex court docket, 61-year-old Ahmed has sought instructions to the Centre, state of Uttar Pradesh and others to guard his life in opposition to the “open, direct and immediate threat” to his life from excessive state functionaries of Uttar Pradesh.

ALSO READ | Police shoot lifeless accused in witness Umesh Pal’s homicide

“After the murder of Umesh Pal, Opposition put fuel in the fire in the House which provoked the CM to say ‘mafia ko mitti me mila doonga’ because petitioner was the main subject in argument in House,” the plea mentioned.

“Petitioner (Ahmed) genuinely apprehends and believes that the petitioner may be killed in a fake encounter on one pretext or the other by UP police particularly in view of the statement made by the Chief Minister of state of UP on the floor of the house,” the plea alleged.

Umesh Pal, who was the prime witness in then BSP MLA Raju Pal’s homicide in 2005, and his police safety guard Sandeep Nishad had been shot lifeless on Friday final outdoors his dwelling in Dhoomanganj space of Prayagraj.

Umesh Pal was a key witness within the 2005 MLA homicide case in Prayagraj wherein Ahmed and others are prime accused.

Arbaaz, an accused within the Umesh Pal homicide case, was killed in an encounter with the police on Monday. Dhoomanganj police station SHO Rajesh Maurya was additionally injured within the encounter.

The petition was filed on a day the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) demolished the home of a detailed aide of Ahmed.

Prayagraj Development Authority secretary Ajit Singh mentioned the home belonging to Zafar Ahmed has been bulldozed. He mentioned Atiq Ahmed’s spouse Shaista Parveen used to remain in the identical home earlier.

“The said house was constructed without getting its map (naksha) passed from the authority and a notice regarding the same was issued in the past. Most of the house was destroyed by the afternoon,” the officer mentioned.

Meanwhile, in his plea, Ahmed sought a path to the Centre to make sure his security and safety and that no bodily or bodily harm or some other hurt is brought about to him and his relations.

He has sought instructions restraining the state of Uttar Pradesh and others from taking him from Ahmedabad to Prayagraj or any a part of Uttar Pradesh.

He has requested that his interrogation, if any, be carried out on the Central Jail Ahmedabad or at some other appropriate place in Ahmedabad itself below the safety of Gujarat Police in addition to central or paramilitary forces.

He has sought the highest court docket’s path for his transit from Ahmedabad to Uttar Pradesh below the safety of any central police or paramilitary pressure if in any respect the transit is critical.

He has sought a path permitting his advocate to stay current throughout his interrogation and likewise to quash the warrants in opposition to him, if issued by any court docket, for taking him to Prayagraj from central jail Ahmedabad.

ALSO READ | Will expel Atiq Ahmed’s spouse from BSP if discovered concerned in Umesh Pal’s homicide, says Mayawati

The plea claimed that the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, with none investigation and merely on the premise of suspicion, had made an announcement on the ground of the state Assembly that Ahmed can be “destroyed and eliminated completely”.

“In such circumstances, the petitioner is constrained to file the present writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India before this court for the protection of his life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India,” it mentioned.

The plea claimed the petitioner and his relations don’t have any connection within the Umesh Pal homicide case and plainly a conspiracy has been hatched to fully wipe out him and his complete household politically as effectively bodily by falsely roping them on this case.

ALSO READ | Now, BJP-SP picture conflict erupts over essential plotter linked to Umesh Pal homicide

It alleged that two minor sons of Ahmed have already been taken into “illegal custody” by the police since February 24 and they’re stored at an undisclosed location.

“It is even unknown to the petitioner whether they are dead or alive. The other two sons of the petitioner are also in jail in other false cases,” it mentioned, including that the petitioner fears for the security of his relations and has apprehensions that they might be killed in a pretend encounter.

The plea alleged that the petitioner and his relations have been falsely implicated and named within the FIR attributable to political and varied different causes and the primary motive appears to be that his spouse has joined the BSP and the social gathering has declared her as a candidate for the submit of Mayor within the forthcoming election.

“It was very well known to the rivals of the petitioner that if anything were to happen to Umesh Pal, then the petitioner would certainly be the prime suspect in view of the pending case against him by Umesh Pal and he will be made an accused. The same has been done,” the plea claimed.