Atiq Ahmed, a gangster-turned-politician and an accused in the abduction case, was brought from Sabarmati Jail to Prayagraj jail on Monday after an over 24-hour long drive from Gujarat. He will be produced today before the court in connection with the Umesh Pal kidnapping case.
A day after former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray cautioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi against criticising the VD Savarkar, CM Eknath Shinde on Monday hit out at Rahul saying that the latter should go and stay at the Andamans jail like Savarkar if he can.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear along with a pending plea the petition filed by CBI challenging the grant of bail to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad Yadav in the Doranda Treasury case of Jharkhand in which he was sentenced to five years jail term.
The convoy of Mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed entered Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district on Monday morning, a day after the Uttar Pradesh Police took his custody to transit him from Gujarat's Sabarmati jail to Prayagraj jail.
Stepping out of Sabarmati jail here Ahmed told reporters waiting outside that a conspiracy was is being hatched to kill him on the pretext of following court orders.
A Prayagraj Police team which is taking Mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed to Uttar Pradesh from Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Jail halted for a while in Rajasthan's Udaipur for refuelling on Sunday.
Gangster-turned-politician Atique Ahmed on Friday was taken out by a 45-member team of Uttar Pradesh police from Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Jail where he was lodged and he is currently en route to Prayagraj jail.
A 45-member team of Uttar Pradesh Police will shift gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, who is currently lodged in Gujarat's Sabarmati Jail, to Prayagraj jail, an official said on Sunday.