PRAYAGRAJ: Investigations into the murder of Umesh Pal and two of his police gunners have revealed that Khan Saulat Haneef, the lawyer of slain mafioso-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, was handling the economic affair of the don.
It was Saulat Haneef who not only handled money matters of the don and used to hand over all the illegally or legally earned money either to Atiq’s wife Shaista Parveen or his accountant Rakesh alias Lakesh when Atiq was lodged at Sabarmati Jail.
Investigators claimed that Khan Saulat has spilled the beans about Atiq’s entire economic empire after he was taken into a four-hour police custody remand on Wednesday. He also disclosed to the police Atiq’s assets and nexus with influential people, including businessmen and builders.
Investigators also claimed that Khan Saulat used to visit Shaista’s house to hand over money being accumulated by Atiq through legal or illegal means. The police have also been going through significant documents to ascertain Atiq’s business connection with other people.
Investigators, meanwhile, claimed that Atiq’s minor son had made all the 14 FaceTime IDs with an intention to connect them frequently. While 10 IDs have specific names and addresses, rest were changed as per the requirement. Interestingly, it was Atiq’s minor son who used to recharge the mobile of Atiq’s lawyer Khan Saulat.
Police claimed that all the conspirators and shooters, including Atiq, his wife Shaista Parveen, his sons, brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf and six others were connecting frequently with each other through FaceTime, a video telephony product, since mid January — ahead of the sensational Dhoomanganj shootout.
Investigators also claimed that there was no good relationship between Shaista and Zainav Fatima, the wife of Ashraf.
A senior police officer preferring anonymity told TOI, “A couple of years back, when a builder gifted a costly SUV to Atiq, it was not acceptable to Ashraf’s wife Zainab and she had taken it otherwise. “Ashraf had then threatened the same builder and he (builder) had sent another SUV to Ashrasf as a gift,” he added.
He further claimed that that investigators have managed to connect the entire sequence and links of events, from conspiracy to the killing of lawyer Umesh Pal and two of his police gunners who were alls attacked outside Pal’s house in Sulemsarai under the limits of Dhoomanganj police station on February 24.
A day after the killing of Umesh Pal, the prime witness in the 2005 murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal, police lodged an FIR against Atiq, his wife Shaista, two sons, brother Ashraf and several others 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), 506 (criminal intimidation), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, section 3 of Explosive Act and section 7 Criminal Law Amendment (CLA) Act with Dhoomanganj police station.
Four of the shooters — Mohd Asad (Atiq’ son), Vijay Chaudhary aka Usman, Arbaaz and Ghulam have been killed in separate encounters with police and STF.
Both the gangster brothers, Atiq and Ashraf, were shot dead by three armed assailants inside the campus of Colvin hospital on April 15.
It was Saulat Haneef who not only handled money matters of the don and used to hand over all the illegally or legally earned money either to Atiq’s wife Shaista Parveen or his accountant Rakesh alias Lakesh when Atiq was lodged at Sabarmati Jail.
Investigators claimed that Khan Saulat has spilled the beans about Atiq’s entire economic empire after he was taken into a four-hour police custody remand on Wednesday. He also disclosed to the police Atiq’s assets and nexus with influential people, including businessmen and builders.
Investigators also claimed that Khan Saulat used to visit Shaista’s house to hand over money being accumulated by Atiq through legal or illegal means. The police have also been going through significant documents to ascertain Atiq’s business connection with other people.
Investigators, meanwhile, claimed that Atiq’s minor son had made all the 14 FaceTime IDs with an intention to connect them frequently. While 10 IDs have specific names and addresses, rest were changed as per the requirement. Interestingly, it was Atiq’s minor son who used to recharge the mobile of Atiq’s lawyer Khan Saulat.
Police claimed that all the conspirators and shooters, including Atiq, his wife Shaista Parveen, his sons, brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf and six others were connecting frequently with each other through FaceTime, a video telephony product, since mid January — ahead of the sensational Dhoomanganj shootout.
Investigators also claimed that there was no good relationship between Shaista and Zainav Fatima, the wife of Ashraf.
A senior police officer preferring anonymity told TOI, “A couple of years back, when a builder gifted a costly SUV to Atiq, it was not acceptable to Ashraf’s wife Zainab and she had taken it otherwise. “Ashraf had then threatened the same builder and he (builder) had sent another SUV to Ashrasf as a gift,” he added.
He further claimed that that investigators have managed to connect the entire sequence and links of events, from conspiracy to the killing of lawyer Umesh Pal and two of his police gunners who were alls attacked outside Pal’s house in Sulemsarai under the limits of Dhoomanganj police station on February 24.
A day after the killing of Umesh Pal, the prime witness in the 2005 murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal, police lodged an FIR against Atiq, his wife Shaista, two sons, brother Ashraf and several others 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), 506 (criminal intimidation), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, section 3 of Explosive Act and section 7 Criminal Law Amendment (CLA) Act with Dhoomanganj police station.
Four of the shooters — Mohd Asad (Atiq’ son), Vijay Chaudhary aka Usman, Arbaaz and Ghulam have been killed in separate encounters with police and STF.
Both the gangster brothers, Atiq and Ashraf, were shot dead by three armed assailants inside the campus of Colvin hospital on April 15.