The UP Police said it has recovered a huge amount of cash and about a dozen illegal weapons from Atiq Ahmed s office in connection with the Umesh Pal Murder case.
A man claiming to be a witness in the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case has demanded security from the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government in view of the recent murder of Umesh Pal, a witness in the case.
After the accused in the Umesh Pal murder case were killed in encounters, Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Tuesday expressed apprehension that the police would kill one of the sons of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed in a fake encounter in a few days.
Jailed former MLA Ashraf is the younger brother of gangster Atiq Ahmed, and both of them have been charged over the killing of a key witness in a 2005 murder case.
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday arrested two people including a prison official for allegedly facilitating meets between jailed former MLA Mohammad Ashraf alias Khalid Azim, the younger brother of gangster-turned-politician and former Samajwadi Party leader Atiq Ahmed, and his aides.