Umesh Pal Case: A man carrying a footwear garland is standing outside the Prayagraj MP-MLA court saying that he wants to put it on gangster Atiq Ahmed and that the entire Patel community will be happy after this. He said that the footwear in the garland is of the family of Umesh Pal and Raju Pal.
He said, "If I make Atiq Ahmed wear a garland of footwear, the Pal community and the entire lawyer community will be happy. He killed a member of the lawyer community, they will be happy that he has come to hear his sentencing by wearing a garland of shoes. These are the footwear of members of family of Umesh Pal & Raju Pal."
A special MP-MLA court on Tuesday held gangster Atiq Ahmed guilty in the Umesh Pal kidnapping case. Apart from Atiq, two more have been held guilty while seven others, including Ashraf, have been acquitted. There were a total of 10 accused in the Umesh Pal kidnapping case. Atiq has been convicted under various sections including section 364A of the IPC.
Atiq was brought to Prayagaj's Naini Central jail on Monday from Gujarat while Ashraf was brought to the city jail from Bareilly.
Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed was brought to the Naini Central Jail in Prayagraj on Monday. He will be produced in court for the verdict in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case, a key witness of the 2005 Raju Pal murder. Ahmed is a prime accused in the Raju Pal murder case as well.
Atiq Ahmed is a gangster-turned-politician who was an Allahabad West MLA from 1989-2004. He also served as a Lok Sabha MP from the Phulpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh between 2004 and 2009.