Donning their combat uniforms, the specially trained personnel of 137 Composite Eco-Task Force in Prayagraj are out on a mission. Also known as Ganga Task Force, their mission is to clean the shores and carry out plantations to mitigate soil erosion along the most sacred river of the country
Umesh Pal, the prime witness in the 2005 MLA Raju Pal murder case was shot dead by an unidentified man while he was getting out of a Hyundai Creta SUV in Prayagraj, the camera footage showed.
Rejecting the bail application of Atiq Ahmed's son Ali Ahmed in a 2021 extortion case, the Allahabad High Court observed that enlarging "such a criminal" on bail would be a threat "not only to the witnesses but also a constant threat to society".
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it would hear on March 17, Atiq Ahmed's plea seeking protection, and restraining from taking him from central jail Ahemdabad to Prayagraj or any part of the state of Uttar Pradesh apprehending that he may be killed in any fake encounter.
The petitioner said that he with his entire family has been roped in as accused persons in Dhoomanganj in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh in the murder case of one Umesh Pal.
Prayagraj Police conducted a raid on gangster-turned-politician and former Samajwadi Party leader Atiq Ahmed's residence in the Mahanagar area of Lucknow, seizing two luxury cars from the Universal Apartments, police sources said on Wednesday.