Slain Umesh Pal's widow, Jaya Pal, has said that she hoped for capital punishment for mafia don Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf but added that she will not challenge the court order in higher court.
Category: Prayagraj
Atiq Ahmed gets life term, brother acquitted
An MP/MLA court in Prayagraj on Tuesday awarded life sentence to gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, and two others -- Dinesh Pasi and Shaukat Haneef -- in the 2006 kidnapping of Umesh Pal, the prime witness in the BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case.
Prayagraj murder: All rooms of hostel where accused lived, now sealed
All the 107 rooms of the Muslim Boarding House (MBH), have been sealed by teams of police and district administration after the arrested of a LL.B student, Sadaqat Khan, in connection with the murder of Umesh Pal and his two security guards in Prayagraj on February 24.
Another accused in Prayagraj murder killed in encounter
Another person accused in the Umesh Pal murder case was killed in an encounter with Prayagraj police on Monday. Vijay Kumar, a.k.a Usman Chaudhary, was seriously injured and taken to a hospital where he later died.
Umesh Pal murder: House where Atiq Ahmed's family lived demolished
Two days after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that 'mafia ko mitti mein mila denge (mafia will be finished)', the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA), on Wednesday, started demolishing the house of kin of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed.
Allahabad HC denies bail to ex-MP, says he is a 'constant threat'
The Allahabad High Court has rejected the bail application of former MP Umakant Yadav in connection with the case involving the alleged grabbing of Gandhi Ashram in Azamgarh district.
Allahabad HC asks schools to refund 15% of fees for 2020-21
The Allahabad High Court On Monday asked schools in the state to refund 15 per cent fees of children for 2020-21 when offline classes could not be held due to the pandemic.