INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
PRAYAGRAJ: Umesh Pal, the slain lawyer who was likewise a witness in the case associated to the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal in 2005 in which
jailed gangster Atiq was named as accused, was also at daggers drawn with the gangsters associates over a plot of land that he owned in
Accusations are that Atiqs assistants in 2022 had acquired a plot of land that Umesh owned and were requiring Rs 1 crore to enable the
Umesh Pal had actually lodged an FIR in this connection versus five individuals apparently related to Atiq with the Dhoomanganj police
headquarters on August 24, 2022
According to the Dhoomanganj SHO, Atiq has been charge-sheeted in the event and a non-bailable warrant (NBW) has been provided versus 5 of
A case was signed up versus Atiq and his henchmen at Dhoomanganj police headquarters and we have charge-sheeted Atiq Ahmad in the case
where the grievance, Krishna Kumar Pal (Umesh Pal), had mentioned that an extortion of Rs 1 crore was required by Atiqs men at his wish,
stated Dhoomanganj SHO Rajesh Kumar Maurya
All the other implicated called in the FIR are absconding and an NBW has actually been provided versus them, he added.According to the FIR,
Pal had grumbled that he had purchased an over 3300 square yard plot of land at Pepalgaon area of Dhoomanganj in 2018 and whenever he tried
to construct the limit wall around the land, he was threatened by Atiqs henchman as they had actually taken control of the plot
When Pal asked to leave the land, they had threatened him and asked him to pay up Rs 1 crore for leaving the land.Umesh Pal lodged an FIR
with the Dhoomanganj cops, calling Khalid Zafar, Mohammad Muslim, Dilip Kushwaha, Abusad and six others
Atiqs name was later on added to the charge sheet
According to sources, Atiq was rather livid at Pal when notified about the FIR by his henchmen.Police are likewise looking at this angle as
one of the triggers for hatching a conspiracy to eliminate Pal who was shot dead on February 24, supposedly by shooters of Atiqs gang
