Asad was killed on April 13 in an encounter in Jhansi. He was killed along with Ghulam, both of whom were wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case of Prayagraj.
Umesh Pal, a key witness to the 2005 murder of the then BSP MLA Raju Pal, was killed in February 24 firing by one of Atiq's sons and henchmen in Prayagraj. Pal's two police guards were also killed on that day.
A local court sent Vijay Mishra – lawyer of slain gangster Atique Ahmed – who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police from Lucknow on Saturday, to 14-day judicial custody today.
In a major development in connection with the murder of Atiq Ahmed, the lawyer of the slain gangster-turned-politician was on Saturday night, police said.
The three accused--Lovelesh Tiwari, Arun Maurya, and Sunny Singh were produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate Prayagraj pm Monday via video conferencing where their judicial custody was extended.
The names of Atiq Ahmed, his brother Ashraf, his son and others were the accused in Raju Umesh Pal's murder. During the investigation, the names of the eight accused surfaced who were arrested. The charge sheet was filed on Saturday.
"Reward on the arrest of Saddam, brother-in-law of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's brother Ashraf, increased to Rs 1 lakh from Rs 50,000. He is wanted in a case registered at Bithri Chainpur police station", UP Police said.
Recounting an encounter of Delhi Police's Special Cell -- a unit mostly tasked with fighting terrorism and going after dreaded criminals -- with the slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed in 2008, former director of Enforcement Directorate (ED), Karnal Singh, on Thursday said the fea
"All three shooters, Arun Maurya, Sunny Singh and Lovelesh Tiwari, are under threat of attack behind bars, owing to which they have been shifted to a high-security cell and are kept under CCTV surveillance," official sources said.