, Feb 27 (IANS) One sharpshooter involved in the Umesh Pal murder case has been shot dead by the police after an encounter.The Special Operations Group of the Uttar Pradesh Police and the district police shot the accused, identified as Arbaz, .
Umesh was the prime witness of the 2005 murder of Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Raju Pal. The main accused in the Raju Pal murder is mafia-turned-politician Atique Ahmed.
Umesh Pal was attacked with crude bombs and shot outside his house, with two of his government-appointed gunners also injured in the attack. One of the gunners, Sandeep Nishad, later died in the hospital.