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These were the words of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the Assembly on February 25, a day after Umesh Pal, a lawyer and a key witness in a murder case, was shot dead in broad daylight outside his Prayagraj home...
Dreaded gangster Atiq Ahmed, one of the main accused in both the murder cases, is in jail and his son was one of the two who were gunned down in an encounter on Thursday...
Umeshs family accused Atiq, his wife Shahista Parveen, brother Ashraf, Atiqs son Asad and others for killing him, as Umesh Pal was the key witness in the Raju Pal murder case.. The daylight murder was captured on camera..
On March 5, Atiq Ahmed, who faces more than 100 criminal cases, was taken from the Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad to a prison in Prayagraj, more than 1,000 kms away, by road in connection with the Umesh Pal murder case.. While he was on the way, Ahmed spoke to reporters from inside the police van..
The police FIR filed after the Umesh Pal murder names Atiq Ahmed, his wife Shahista Parveen, his son, Asad, his younger brother Ashraf and others...
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