Atiq Ahmed's son will be shot soon by UP Police: Ram Gopal Yadav

Lucknow, Mar 08: Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Tuesday claimed that one of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's two sons would be shot in a day or two. Ram Gopal Yadav, speaking to reporters, defended Atiq Ahmed and said police are not being able to find the real culprits in the Umesh Pal murder case.

 

 

 

Ahmed's son, Ali Ahmed's name had figured in last week's killing of Umesh Pal, the prime witness in the 2005 murder case of a then-BSP MLA. Umesh Pal, a key witness in the killing of former BSP legislator Raju Pal, was gunned down on February 24 outside his home in Dhoomanganj in Prayagraj. While Umesh Pal succumbed the same day, his two security personnel died later during treatment.

 

 

 

The man who fired the first shot at Umesh Pal -- Vijay Chaudhary alias Usman -- was gunned down in an encounter with Prayagraj police early on Monday. On the basis of a complaint lodged by Umesh Pal's wife Jaya Pal, a case was registered against Atiq Ahmed, his brother Ashraf, his wife Shaista Parveen, two sons, aides Guddu Muslim and Gulam, and nine others. Earlier, when the Umesh Pal killing was discussed in the state Assembly, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had said gangsters would be ground into the dust. "Mitti mein mela denge," he had said in Hindi. As many as 160 criminal cases have been lodged against Atiq Ahmed's family members, according to Uttar Pradesh Police. Atiq has been named in 100 cases, while his brother Ashraf has 52 cases, his wife Shaista Praveen has three, and sons Ali and Umar Ahmad have four and one cases, respectively, against them.

 

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Meanwhile, Ahmed's wife has moved a court claiming their two minor sons are missing since they were picked up by the police recently. The police said the two boys were lodged inside a juvenile detention center but Ahmed's wife, Shaista Parveen, has argued that they were not found there.