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Atiq Ahmed gets life term, brother acquitted

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Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), March 28: An MP/MLA court in Prayagraj on Tuesday awarded life sentence to gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, and two others — Dinesh Pasi and Shaukat Haneef — in the 2006 kidnapping of Umesh Pal, the prime witness in the BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case.

Earlier in the day, the three were held guilty by the court in the case. The court, however, acquitted Atiq Ahmad’s brother Ashraf along with six others.

It may be recalled that after the killing of BSP MLA Raju Pal on January 25, 2005, Umesh Pal, then a zila panchayat member, had told the police that he was a witness to the murder.

Umesh Pal alleged that when he refused to retract and buckle under pressure from Atiq Ahmad, he was kidnapped at gunpoint on February 28, 2006.

The FIR was registered on July 5, 2007, against Ahmed, his brother, and four unidentified people.

Umesh Pal was gunned down outside his Prayagraj residence on February 24, 2023. Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were accused of being involved in a conspiracy, while they were both in prison, to kill Umesh Pal.

Atiq Ahmad, his brother Ashraf and another accused were present in court when the verdict was announced.

Large crowds were seen outside the local court in Prayagraj where hearing of the Umesh Pal kidnapping case was scheduled.

Atiq Ahmad was brought to the court amid heavy security.

Visuals from outside the court show a long police cavalcade bringing the gangster-turned-politician in large vans as crowds gather on both sides of the road.

A section of lawyers chanted “Phansi do phansi do (give death sentence)” as the convoy bringing the accused entered the court premises.

IANS

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