New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested three males who allegedly gave shelter to a person wished within the Umesh Pal homicide case in Uttar Pradesh, officers stated.
Umesh Pal was an important witness within the 2005 killing of then-Bahujan Samaj Party legislator Raju Pal.
The officers stated Javed, Khalid, and Jeeshan have been despatched to judicial custody on Sunday. They are accused of aiding Asad and harboring him within the nationwide capital after Umesh Pal’s killing. Asad is the son of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad.
The title of Ali, Ahmad’s different son, has additionally surfaced within the killing of Umesh Pal. According to the police, Avtar Singh — a person they arrested in a case registered beneath the Arms Act — disclosed that he had provided 10 weapons to Khalid and Jeeshan.
“We launched a manhunt and deployed sources. Based on a personal input, on March 28, Khalid and Jeeshan were arrested from Delhi’s Sheikh Sarai. Two weapons and live cartridges were also seized from them,” a senior police officer stated. During the investigation, the duo disclosed that that they had offered shelter to Asad and Ghulam, wished by Uttar Pradesh Police within the Umesh Pal homicide case, he stated.
Subsequently, Javed was arrested on March 31 and a case was registered on the Special Cell, the officer stated. The police officer additional added that Javed had disclosed that Asad and Ghulam had additionally met him after Umesh Pal’s homicide. All three arrested accused — Javed, Khalid, Jeeshan — are in judicial custody.
Uttar Pradesh Police has additionally booked Ahmad, his spouse Shaista Parveen and his son Ali in a forgery case linked to the homicide of Umesh Pal. The FIR was registered on Saturday at Prayagraj’s Dhoomanganj police station wherein two extra individuals — Mohammad Sabir and Rakesh alias Nakesh alias Lala — have been named, the police stated in an announcement.
Umesh Pal and his two police safety guards had been shot useless on February 24 exterior his house in Dhoomanganj. Based on a grievance lodged by his spouse Jaya Pal, a case was registered on February 25 towards Ahmad, his brother Ashraf, Parveen, two sons, aides Guddu Muslim and Ghulam, and 9 others.
2006 Umesh Pal Murder case
On March 28, an MP/MLA courtroom held Ahmad and two others responsible of the 2006 kidnapping of Umesh Pal and sentenced them to life in jail. That was Ahmad’s first conviction despite the fact that there are greater than 100 circumstances registered towards him.
The 60-year-old former Samajwadi Party MP was delivered to Prayagraj from Sabarmati Jail in Gujarat by street for a listening to within the case. In 2006, Ahmad and his aides kidnapped Umesh Pal and compelled him to offer an announcement in courtroom of their favor. Umesh Pal had registered a grievance on this regard.
