In connection with the Umesh Pal murder case, the Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday was granted 7-day remand of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf by CJM court in Prayagraj. Earlier both brothers were brought to court amid high-security deployment.
While Atiq Ahmed was brought to Prayagraj via road from Sabarmati Jail in Gujarat for his production, his brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf was brought from a Bareilly jail.
Minutes before Atiq Ahmed's case hearing began in the court, the lawyers held a protest, demanding the implementation of Advocates Protection Act.
What is the case
Umesh Pal, a key witness in the 2005 murder case of BSP MLA Raju Pal, and his two police security guards were shot dead outside his home in Prayagraj's Dhoomanganj area on February 24 this year.
Based on a complaint lodged by Umesh Pal's wife Jaya Pal, a case was registered on February 25 against Ahmad, Ashraf, their family members and others.
The FIR was lodged under sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting armed with deadly weapons), 149 (unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC. Ahmad is also an accused in the 2005 Raju Pal murder case.
