Cops file chargesheet against Atiq’s sons

Prayagraj: The Prayagraj police on Monday filed fourth chargesheet in the murder case of lawyer Umesh Pal and two of his police gunners. The 200 plus pages chargesheet was filed against sons of slain gangster turned politician Atiq Ahmed—Mohammad Umar and Ali Ahmed alias Ali, with the claim that both were involved in the conspiracy of the killing of Umesh Pal.
Pointedly, city cops on April 16, 2024 listed Atiq Ahmed’s sons Mohammad Umar and Ali Ahmed alias Ali as history sheeters with the Khuldabad police station of Prayagraj district on numbers ‘48B’ and ‘57B’ respectively.
DCP (City) Deepak Bhuker said that Atiq’s eldest son Umar was lodged at Lucknow jail after he surrendered before the Lucknow CBI court in 2022 in connection with the abduction and assault on a Lucknow-based realtor at Deoria jail. Atiq’s second eldest son Ali too had surrendered before the court in Prayagraj for allegedly assaulting and demanding extortion from a local property dealer in 2022. Ali is currently lodged at Naini Central Jail. While Umar has three cases registered against him, 11 cases are pending against Ali. It may be recalled that lawyer Umesh Pal and two of his police gunners were allegedly shot dead by a group of assailants outside his house at Sulemsarai area under the limits of Dhoomanganj police station on February 24, 2023. Cops said that first chargesheet in the murder of Umesh Pal and his two police gunners was filed by Dhoomanganj police against Sadaqat Khan, naming him as a conspirator, at a local court in Prayagraj in May, 2023.
The second chargesheet was filed in June 17, 2023 against eight persons while third charge sheet was filed in October 2023.