Prayagraj: Police on Sunday arrested slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed’s lawyer Vijay Mishra from Lucknow in reference to the Umesh Pal homicide case, officers stated on Sunday. Several circumstances, together with these beneath the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Explosives Act and the Indian Penal Code, are pending in opposition to Mishra, they stated.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (City) Deepak Bhukar stated Mishra was arrested by officers from the Dhoomanganj police station.
He was nabbed outdoors a resort and authorized motion is underway, police sources stated.
Mishra was accused of sharing Pal’s location from a Prayagraj courtroom earlier than the latter together with two policemen was shot useless on February 24.
He was booked in an extortion case on May 21 after he allegedly demanded Rs 3 crore from a plywood dealer in Prayagraj district.
In an FIR at Attarsuiya Police Station in Prayagraj, Sayeed Ahmad, who hails from Dariyabad and owns a store within the Muthiganj locality, alleged that Mishra had purchased items value Rs 1.20 lakh from him on credit score however refused to clear his dues.
He alleged, within the FIR dated April 20, that Mishra dialled Saeed and demanded Rs 3 crore within the title of Atiq and his henchmen.
Umesh Pal, the primary witness within the 2005 homicide of BSP MLA Raju Pal, and his two safety guards have been shot useless on February 24.
Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, the primary accused on this case, have been shot useless by assailants once they have been being taken in police custody for a medical examination in April.
Ahmad’s spouse Shaista Parveen, additionally wished within the Umesh Pal homicide case, remains to be absconding.
