Who is umesh pal

Apart from Ahmad and Ashraf, four others named in the FIR -- Asad, Arbaaz, Vijay Chaudhary alias Usman, and Ghulam -- have also been killed. Atiq's wife Shaista Parveen and three other alleged shooters are absconding. In the FIR registered after the murder of Umesh Pal on February 24, who was a key witness in the 2005 MLA Raju Pal murder case in which Atiq Ahmad was also an accused, police registered an FIR at the Dhoomanganj Police Station of Prayagraj. Of the seven people seen in a CCTV footage that captured the Umesh Pal killing, Arbaaz, who allegedly drove the SUV carrying the attackers, was killed in an encounter on February 27. Shooter Vijay Chaudhary alias Usman was killed in an encounter in Prayagraj in March 6. Asad Ahmed and Ghulam were killed in another encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force on April 13 in Jhansi. The remaining three shooters -- Guddu Muslim, Sabir and Armaan -- are absconding. Shaista Parveen is also on the run. Atiq Ahmad, a former SP legislator, had earlier expressed apprehension that he could be killed by the Uttar Pradesh Police while being brought to Prayagraj from the Ahmedabad prison, where he was lodged in connection with another case. When he was being taken to the city for Thursday's court appearance, he made a similar remark. "I am totally reduced to dust, but please don't trouble the women and children of my family now," the 60-year-old told reporters from inside a police van. After the Umesh Pal murder, Akhilesh Yadav ...

Prayagraj, April 17 It began with a defeat in an election, and the bruised egos had a bloody fallout. In 2004, after Atiq Ahmed won the Lok Sabha polls to Phulpur constituency here, his younger brother Ashraf contested from Allahabad West Assembly seat - polls necessitated after Atiq Ahmed resigned to become an MP - on a Samajwadi Party ticket. For Ashraf, victory was a foregone conclusion but he surprisingly lost to Raju Pal, a novice candidate fielded by the BSP. Atiq Ahmed could not digest the defeat since it came as a challenge to his own fiefdom. The electoral tussle turned into political rivalry and on January 25, 2005, a day before Republic Day, when the BSP MLA was leaving for his home from Swaroop Rani Nehru hospital, a car overtook his SUV in the Sulem Sarai area of the city and Raju Pal was shot dead by assailants who heavily opened fire on his car. Two other people along with Raju Pal were also killed in the attack and the post-mortem report had stated that around 18 bullets were found in Raju Pal's body. A CBI probe into the incident named 10 persons as accused, including Atiq Ahmed and his younger brother. Raju Pal's wife, Puja Pal, whom he married just 11 days before his murder, then contested from the Allahabad West seat but lost to Ashraf. However, she was again given a ticket by the BSP in 2007 Assembly elections and she won. In the 2017 Assembly polls, Puja lost to BJP's Siddharth Nath Singh but won the 2022 polls from Chail seat. Ashraf's political care...

Raju Pal Career Umesh Pal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in April 2019 in the presence of minister Satya Pal Singh Baghel. He left the BJP and joined the Samajwadi Party (SP) eight months ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. He reportedly attempted to contest the 2022 UP Vidhan Sabha elections from the Phaphamau constituency on a ticket from the Samajwadi Party; however, according to some sources, he was not given a ticket despite donating Rs. 20 lakhs to the party fund. In a desperate bid to secure a ticket from the Samajwadi Party, it is alleged that Umesh even paid a sum of Rs. 5 crores to a party leader, who asked him to contest the elections from the Scheduled Caste-reserved Koraon constituency instead of Phaphamau. A forged Dhangar caste certificate was made for Umesh in the name of Krishna Kumar Dhangar to facilitate this move. Following an intense argument with the party leader on not issuing a ticket to contest the elections, Umesh left the Samajwadi Party and rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. Key Witness of Raju Pal Murder Case Umesh Pal Kidnapping & Murder Case On 28 February 2006, Atiq Ahmed’s goons abducted Umesh and threatened him not to bear witness in court following which Umesh filed an FIR at Dhoomanganj Police Station in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) against Atiq and Ashraf. A special MP-MLA court in Prayagraj found Atiq Ahmed, a lawyer named Saulat Hanif, a...

One of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s two sons-Ali and Umar Ahmad- would be shot in a day or two, claimed Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Tuesday. Ahmed’s son, Ali’s name had been linked to the murder of Umesh Pal— a key witness in the killing of former BSP legislator Raju Pal in 2005. Defending Atiq Ahmed, Ram Gopal Yadav said police are not being able to find the real culprits in the Umesh Pal murder case. “When they’re not getting actual culprits, they’re under pressure from the top. They’ll kill whoever they can find…They nabbed Atiq Ahmed’s two sons, one of them will be killed in a few days,’ said Yadav, according to news agency ANI. Meanwhile, a team of Uttar Pradesh Police has reached West Bengal’s Kolkata after getting inputs that some of the suspects in the murder of Umesh Pal, are hiding in the city. Umesh Pal Murder Top Points: ▶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. ▶Umesh Pal was a key witness in the murder of Raju Pal, a BSP legislator who was murdered months after winning the Allahabad (West) Assembly seat by defeating former Samajwadi Party MP Atiq Ahmed’s younger brother Khalid Azim. ▶According to police, Umesh Pal’s murder was executed with surgical precision and sophisticated weapons, including 9mm pistols, Springfield rifles and cru...

Late Saturday night, Atiq and Ashraf, who were in Uttar Pradesh Police custody for several crimes, including the kidnapping and murder of Umesh Pal, were shot dead. The murder took place in front of media cameras and the three people involved in the shooting were seen raising their hands and surrendering to the police officers who were present at the spot. With these deaths, don Atiq’s family has been 'almost wiped out', a senior police officer said. ALSO READ | Atiq Ahmed's wife, Shaista Parveen, also an accused in the Umesh Pal murder case, is absconding. She carries a reward of Rs 50,000 on her head. While Atiq’s two sons, Umar and Ali, are in jail, his two minor sons are in the Children Protection Home under the close watch of the police. It is to be noted that Atiq had flagged that he faced threats to his life. A month before his son Asad and his aide were killed, Atiq had knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court for his protection in custody in the Umesh Pal murder case.

What happened the day Umesh Pal got murdered? According to the CCTV footage recording reviewed by the police, lawyer Umesh Pal and his two bodyguards were sitting in a white Hyundai Creta when six assailants approached the car and started firing rounds. One of the bodyguards fell to the ground without firing a single shot from his carbine, while the other bodyguard attempted to fire but got injured before he could take the shot. Umesh Pal escaped to a passageway but was attacked with more bombs and bullets, leading to his death. One question was in everyone’s minds after seeing the shocking video of the attack – did the government-appointed bodyguard not have training for such an event? Why didn’t he use his government gun to attack the assailants? Were the government carbines faulty? Despite the two bodyguards carrying weapons during the shootout, they didn’t fire a single shot. In the CCTV footage, the two can be seen attempting to fire but didn’t. Meanwhile, Umesh Pal got killed in just a matter of 47 seconds. Questions are being raised on the functionality of the government carbines since both the guards attempted to fire their guns but failed. After killing the guards, one of the six accused was seen picking up the carbine, and tried to use it, but ended up dropping it back on the floor. Is it because the carbines were not functional and were just for show? Or did the attack happen because the bodyguards were not given proper training when it comes to protecting the w...