PRAYAGRAJ: Prayagraj police on Saturday announced to double the reward on jailed gangster Atiq Ahmed’s wife Shaista Parveen, who is on the run in connection with the Umesh Pal murder case. The reward amount has been increased from Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000. The Prayagraj MP/MLA court had rejected Shaista’s anticipatory bail application last week.
Police said Shaista has been absconding since she was named as an accused in the Dhoomanganj incident wherein lawyer Umesh Pal, the prime witness in 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case along with two of his police gunners, was killed outside his house in Sulemsarai on February 24.
Earlier, the MP/MLA court had on April 6 rejected the anticipatory bail application of Shaista in connection with the Umesh Pal murder case, with the observation that Shaista had been named as an accused in the FIR, is accused of killing three persons and her role has been mentioned in the FIR itself. Hence, taking into consideration the facts, circumstances and nature of the offence, the anticipatory bail was rejected.
A senior police officer said, “After increasing the cash reward, three special police teams have been deputed to tighten the noose around Shaista. Cops have already prepared a fresh dossier on Shaista as she has four criminal cases, including cheating and fraud, pending against her. We have compiled important clues about Shaista’s movement and teams are working in this direction.”
After the arrest of seven key associates of Atiq and subsequent recovery of cash and weapons from his old office building in city’s Chakia locality, police have been successful in ascertaining the role of Shaista in the case and claim that she had attended all the meetings meant to hatch conspiracy to eliminate Umesh Pal both online and offline.
Meanwhile, police were on toes on Saturday after receiving information about an objectionable poster of Atiq reportedly surfacing on social media. The poster with a photograph of Atiq reads: “ Raat Kitni Bhi Kali Ho – Sabera zarror Hota Hai (However dark the night, there is always a dawn)”. On being asked about the poster, police said, “We have been proving the authenticity of the poster and how it surfaced. These posters might be very old since the time when Atiq was lodged at jail. However, a thorough investigation is on.”
Police said Shaista has been absconding since she was named as an accused in the Dhoomanganj incident wherein lawyer Umesh Pal, the prime witness in 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case along with two of his police gunners, was killed outside his house in Sulemsarai on February 24.
Earlier, the MP/MLA court had on April 6 rejected the anticipatory bail application of Shaista in connection with the Umesh Pal murder case, with the observation that Shaista had been named as an accused in the FIR, is accused of killing three persons and her role has been mentioned in the FIR itself. Hence, taking into consideration the facts, circumstances and nature of the offence, the anticipatory bail was rejected.
A senior police officer said, “After increasing the cash reward, three special police teams have been deputed to tighten the noose around Shaista. Cops have already prepared a fresh dossier on Shaista as she has four criminal cases, including cheating and fraud, pending against her. We have compiled important clues about Shaista’s movement and teams are working in this direction.”
After the arrest of seven key associates of Atiq and subsequent recovery of cash and weapons from his old office building in city’s Chakia locality, police have been successful in ascertaining the role of Shaista in the case and claim that she had attended all the meetings meant to hatch conspiracy to eliminate Umesh Pal both online and offline.
Meanwhile, police were on toes on Saturday after receiving information about an objectionable poster of Atiq reportedly surfacing on social media. The poster with a photograph of Atiq reads: “ Raat Kitni Bhi Kali Ho – Sabera zarror Hota Hai (However dark the night, there is always a dawn)”. On being asked about the poster, police said, “We have been proving the authenticity of the poster and how it surfaced. These posters might be very old since the time when Atiq was lodged at jail. However, a thorough investigation is on.”