Umesh Pal homicide case: Atiq Ahmad, spouse, brother, two sons amongst 17 named in FIR
4 min readExpress News Service
LUCKNOW: Following the sensational shoot-out killing of Umesh Pal, the prime witness within the 2005 homicide of BSP MLA Raju Pal, together with one in every of his gunners on Friday, Prayagraj police have lodged an FIR in opposition to gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad, his spouse Shaista Parveen, brother Khalid Azeem alias Ashraf, his two sons and several other others on the premise of the criticism submitted by sufferer’s household late on Friday evening.
Sources stated police had detained 17 folks, together with two sons of Atiq Ahmad, for interrogation.
Significantly, Atiq Ahmad is now incarcerated in Sabarmati jail in Gujarat with round 100 felony instances pending in opposition to him together with loot, homicide, extortion, abduction, intimidation, and unlawful arms racket.
“Based on the complaint of deceased Umesh Pal’s wife Jaya Pal, an FIR has been lodged under Sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapons), 149 (unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 506 (criminal intimidation), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC, Section 3 of Explosive Act and Section 7 of Criminal Law Amendment (CLA) Act against Atiq Ahmad and others,” police commissioner Ramit Sharma stated on Saturday.
He added that as many as 10 police groups have been set as much as perform raids at totally different spots and doable hideouts to nab the assailants. Jaya Pal, in her criticism, claimed that her husband Umesh Pal alias Krishna Kumar Pal, 43, was the prime witness within the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal homicide case during which Atiq was the primary accused.
She stated, “My husband was allegedly abducted by Atiq Ahmad and his henchmen in 2006 to mount pressure on him for turning hostile following which he had lodged a case against them. On February 24, my husband along with his two gunners — Sandeep Nishad and Raghvendra Singh — had gone to a local court for a hearing in the case. After returning, as Umesh stepped down from his car, a group of armed
assailants, including Atiq Ahmad’s son along with Guddu Muslim, Gulam and others, opened indiscriminate firing at my husband and two of his police gunners.”
Jaya additional alleged that Atiq, his spouse Shaista and his brother Ashraf have been the primary conspirators whereas his sons and shut associates have been concerned within the execution of the crime. She additionally informed police that she would recognise all of the criminals concerned within the shootout.
Meanwhile, a heavy police power was deployed at Sulemsarai and adjoining areas close to the home of Umesh Pal after scores of supporters of the slain lawyer assembled there.
Locals claimed that moreover the Raju Pal homicide case, Umesh was additionally pursuing two different instances. “Being the prime witness in the Raju Pal murder case, he was threatened, attacked and abducted by miscreants in 2006 and 2016, following which two separate cases were registered,” the members of the family added.
LUCKNOW: Following the sensational shoot-out killing of Umesh Pal, the prime witness within the 2005 homicide of BSP MLA Raju Pal, together with one in every of his gunners on Friday, Prayagraj police have lodged an FIR in opposition to gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad, his spouse Shaista Parveen, brother Khalid Azeem alias Ashraf, his two sons and several other others on the premise of the criticism submitted by sufferer’s household late on Friday evening.
Sources stated police had detained 17 folks, together with two sons of Atiq Ahmad, for interrogation.
Significantly, Atiq Ahmad is now incarcerated in Sabarmati jail in Gujarat with round 100 felony instances pending in opposition to him together with loot, homicide, extortion, abduction, intimidation, and unlawful arms racket.
“Based on the complaint of deceased Umesh Pal’s wife Jaya Pal, an FIR has been lodged under Sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapons), 149 (unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 506 (criminal intimidation), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC, Section 3 of Explosive Act and Section 7 of Criminal Law Amendment (CLA) Act against Atiq Ahmad and others,” police commissioner Ramit Sharma stated on Saturday.
He added that as many as 10 police groups have been set as much as perform raids at totally different spots and doable hideouts to nab the assailants. Jaya Pal, in her criticism, claimed that her husband Umesh Pal alias Krishna Kumar Pal, 43, was the prime witness within the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal homicide case during which Atiq was the primary accused.
She stated, “My husband was allegedly kidnapped by Atiq Ahmad and his henchmen in 2006 to mount stress on him for turning hostile following which he had lodged a case in opposition to them. On February 24, my husband alongside along with his two gunners — Sandeep Nishad and Raghvendra Singh — had gone to an area court docket for a listening to within the case. After returning, as Umesh stepped down from his automotive, a gaggle of armed
assailants, together with Atiq Ahmad’s son together with Guddu Muslim, Gulam and others, opened indiscriminate firing at my husband and two of his police gunners.”
Jaya additional alleged that Atiq, his spouse Shaista and his brother Ashraf have been the primary conspirators whereas his sons and shut associates have been concerned within the execution of the crime. She additionally informed police that she would recognise all of the criminals concerned within the shootout.
Meanwhile, a heavy police power was deployed at Sulemsarai and adjoining areas close to the home of Umesh Pal after scores of supporters of the slain lawyer assembled there.
Locals claimed that moreover the Raju Pal homicide case, Umesh was additionally pursuing two different instances. “Being the prime witness in the Raju Pal murder case, he was threatened, attacked and abducted by miscreants in 2006 and 2016, following which two separate cases were registered,” the members of the family added.
