New Delhi: Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed’s lawyer Khan Shoulat Hanif has been booked for felony conspiracy within the Umesh Pal homicide case, an official stated on Saturday. Speaking to PTI, Deputy Commissioner of Police (City) Deepak Bhukar stated Hanif’s identify was added underneath Section 120-B (felony conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code to the FIR registered at Dhoomanganj police station within the Umesh Pal homicide case.
“We came to know that Hanif shared pictures of Umesh Pal with Ahmed’s son Asad days before he was attacked,” Bhukar instructed PTI.
Asad, the third of Ahmed’s 5 sons, was killed in a police encounter in Jhansi on April 13.
Sources stated the police may quickly file a remand utility in court docket to interrogate Hanif, who’s presently lodged in Naini Central Prison after being sentenced to life imprisonment within the Umesh Pal kidnapping case.
Umesh Pal, a key witness within the homicide of BSP MLA Raju Pal, and his two safety personnel have been shot lifeless on February 24.
On February 25, the police registered a case towards Ahmed, his brother Ashraf, spouse Shaista Parveen, two sons, aides Guddu Muslim and Ghulam, and 9 different accomplices at Dhoomanganj police station.
A particular court docket in Prayagraj on March 28 convicted Ahmed, Hanif and Dinesh Pasi and sentenced them to life in jail within the 17-year-old kidnapping case.
Hanif and Pasi have been detained in Naini Central Prison whereas Ahmed was despatched to Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad.
Ahmed, a former Samajwadi Party MP, and Ashraf have been shot lifeless on April 15 by three assailants once they have been being taken by the police for a medical examination. They have been dropped at Prayagraj from Gujarat and Bareilly prisons for interrogation in reference to the killing of Umesh Pal.
Opposition obtained Atiq Ahmed ‘killed’: UP minister
Uttar Pradesh minister Dharampal Singh on Saturday alleged that the opposition events obtained Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf killed, fearing that the duo would reveal their secrets and techniques.
“The truth is that the opposition is involved in getting Atiq killed. Some serious secrets were about to be revealed, that’s why the opposition got him murdered,” stated Singh, the state animal husbandry and dairy growth minister.
