Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s brother Ashraf expressed fears of being killed in the close to inside the subsequent two weeks as revealed by an officer on Tuesday. Ashraf had been acquitted in the kidnapping case of Umesh Pal in 2006.Â
“I have been threatened by an officer that I’ll be taken out of jail in 2 weeks and will be killed,” mentioned Ashraf when he was dropped at Bareilly jail on Tuesday.
Claiming that the menace was given by a senior official he mentioned that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath understands his pain as pretend instances had been additionally filed towards him. He additionally added that the title of the official will be divulged to the Chief Minister, Chief Justice of India and in addition to the Chief Justice of Allahabad.
“This threat was given by a senior officer. I cannot tell his name, but if I am killed, then the closed envelope will reach the Chief Minister and Supreme Court Chief Justice and Allahabad Chief Justice, it will contain his name,” Ashraf mentioned.
Ashraf together with Atiq Ahmed was held responsible in the Umesh Pal kidnapping case by Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj MP-MLA Court on Tuesday which additionally sentenced Atiq to rigorous life imprisonment in the kidnapping case of now-deceased Umesh Pal.
Ashraf was shifted to Bareilly jail whereas Atiq is being dropped at Gujarat’s Sabarmati jail. This is the primary time that Atiq Ahmed, who has over 100 instances towards him over the past 43 years, has been convicted in a case.
The courtroom additionally gave life sentences to Dinesh Pasi and Khan Saulat Hanif and in addition imposed a high-quality of Rs 5,000 on every of the three convicts. Seven different accused in the case, together with Ashraf, brother of Atiq Ahmed, have been acquitted.Â
Ahmed’s conviction comes after Umesh Pal, an advocate and a major witness in the 2005 homicide case of BSP MLA Raju Pal, was shot lifeless in Prayagraj on February 24 this yr. Ahmed can also be the primary accused in the Umesh Pal homicide case. Apart from Umesh Pal, his two safety personnel had been additionally shot lifeless.
Ahmed, a former MP and MLA, was introduced by Uttar Pradesh Police from Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Jail to Prayagraj’s Naini jail on Monday after an over 24-hour lengthy drive. Shanti Devi, the mom of Umesh Pal, mentioned after the courtroom’s verdict that Ahmed ought to have been given a demise sentence for “killing” her son.
“He (Atiq Ahmed) was sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping my son but he should be given a death sentence for killing my son. I have faith in UP CM Yogi Adityanath and the judicial system,” she advised reporters.Â
BSP MLA Raju Pal was murdered on January 25, 2005. Two others Devilal Pal and Sandeep Yadav had been additionally killed. Umesh Pal was kidnapped on February 28, 2006. He was allegedly kidnapped by Atiq Ahmed from a Land Cruiser automobile close to Phansi Imli of the Dhumanganj police station space.
He was “beaten up and electrocuted” and Atiq had “forced Umesh Pal to give a written statement in his favour on March 1, 2006, that he was not present at the scene and did not want to testify”. Umesh Pal filed a case of kidnapping at Dhumanganj police station in July 2007 after the formation of the BSP authorities in Uttar Pradesh that yr.
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