Atiq Ahmed held guilty in 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case; his brother acquitted
The Hindu
A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj held gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and two others guilty in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case.
An MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on March 28 held gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and two others guilty in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case.
Special MP-MLA court judge Dinesh Chandr Shukla held Ahmed, Saulat Hanif, a lawyer, and Dinesh Pasi guilty in the case, government counsel Gulab Chandra Agrahari said.
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Seven others including Ahmed's brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf have been acquitted in the case, he said.
The quantum of punishment will be pronounced by the court later in the day.
After the killing of the then BSP MLA Raju Pal on January 25, 2005, Umesh Pal, then a zila panchayat member, had told police he was a witness to the murder.
Umesh Pal had alleged that when he refused to retract and buckle under pressure from Ahmed, he was kidnapped at gunpoint on February 28, 2006.
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