Criminal-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed accused in the Umesh Pal murder case will be brought to Prayagraj from Sabarmati Jail on Tuesday, said officials.
Delhi Police's Special Cell arrested three people from Delhi in connection with aiding jailed gangster Atiq Ahmed's son Asad and planning Umesh Pal's murder.
In a major development in the Umesh Pal murder case, the Special Task Force (STF) has arrested gangster Atiq Ahemd's brother-in-law Akhlaq from Meerut, informed police sources.
Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Umesh Pal kidnapping case, is being taken back to Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
Uttar Pradesh's mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed's brother Ashraf Ahmed a convict in the Umesh Pal murder case on Tuesday claimed that an officer revealed that he will be killed in two weeks.
A Prayagraj MP-MLA court, which today held the five-time MLA guilty and two others in the abduction case, however, acquitted seven others including the mafia turned politician's brother Ashraf.
The Court pronounced life sentences to Atiq Ahmed, Dinesh Pasi and Khan Saulat Hanif in the case and has also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on each of the three. All the other seven accused in the case, including Ashraf, the brother of Atiq Ahmed have been acquitted.
However, Atiq's brother Ashraf, who was also an accused in the case and was brought to the court, was acquited. Ashraf along with six others were acquitted by the court. The court, however, is yet to pronounce the sentence in the case.