Umesh Pal Murder: Watch CM Yogi’s bulldozer demolishes Atiq Ahmad's aid house
The Uttar Pradesh Government is in action after the brutal murder of Umesh Pal. The the Prayagraj Development Authority on March 1 demolished the house of Zafar Ahmad, an accused and close aid of gangster Atiq Ahmed.
The house was located in Prayagraj’s Chakia area. Shaista Parveen is residing in the house since 2020 after Atiq Ahmad’s own house was demolished for having been illegally constructed as part of action against him.
The PDA Vice Chairman Arvind Kumar Chouhan said that the house was illegally constructed in violation of set norms and is therefore being demolished.
Watch here.
#WATCH | Umesh Pal murder case: Bulldozer demolishes the house of Zafar Ahmad, the accused and close aide of gangster Atiq Ahmed. pic.twitter.com/pbV8XQJ5Zy
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 1, 2023
On February 24, armed assailants attacked Umesh Yadav and two gunmen in front of his house in broad day light. Lawyer by profession, Pal was a key witness in 2005 murder case of BSP MLA Rahu Pal. It is the same case in which Ahmad and his brothers are co-accused. Pal’s family filed a case against Ahmad and his family for killing him.
On Monday, Arbaaz was shot and killed by police during an encounter near Nehru Park in Prayagraj. He was said to be a close associate of Ahmad and carried a bounty of Rs 50,000.
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First published: 1 March 2023, 15:21 IST