Uttar Pradesh Police announces reward for information on Atiq Ahmed's wife

Uttar Pradesh Police has announced a Rs 25000 reward on information leading to the arrest of Shaista Parveen the wife of gangsterturnedpolitician Atiq Ahmed who is an accused in the Umesh Pal murder caseA reward of Rs 25000 was announced on Friday on Shaista Parveen who is currently absconding Dhumanganj police station SHO Rajesh Kumar Maurya saidAn FIR was registered at Dhumanganj police station on the basis of a complaint by Umesh Pals wife after he and his two security personnel were shot dead on February 24Ahmed currently lodged in a Gujarat prison is the main accused in the 2005 murder of BSP legislator Raju Pal Atiq his brother Ashraf and wife Shaista Parveen were booked in connection with the killing of Umesh Pal a key witness in the Raju Pal murder caseEarlier a reward of Rs 250000 was announced for information of the whereabouts of five shooters including Ahmeds son Asad involved in the murderAlso Read Unidentified caller threatens to blow up BKU leader Rakesh Tikait PoliceMeanwhile a special investigation team on Friday arrested two persons who had met former MLA Ashraf the brother of gangsterturnedpolitician Atiq Ahmed inside the Bareilly district jail without authorisation a senior officer saidSuperintendent of Police City Rahul Bhati who heads the SIT identified the arrested as Rashid a resident of the Izzat Nagar police station area and Furkan a resident of the Mirganj police station areaThese henchmen used to work on the instructions of their boss Ashraf he saidOn Friday evening the special investigation team SIT also carried out raids and seized the house of Ashrafs brotherinlaw Saddam he saidThe SIT was formed on Thursday to probe the case of facilitating illegal meetings between jailed former MLA Ashraf and his close aidesAshraf has been lodged in the Bareilly district prison since July 2020Atiq Ahmed currently lodged in a Gujarat prison is the main accused in the 2005 murder case of BSP legislator Raju Pal Atiq and Ashraf were recently booked in connection with the killing of Umesh Pal a key witness in the Raju Pal murder caseAshraf is also an accused in the murder of Raju PalPolice officer Bhati said raids are being conducted to nab Ashrafs brotherinlaw and others to unravel the motive behind the murder of Umesh PalEarlier on Tuesday a prison guard and another person were arrested for allegedly facilitating the meetings between Ashraf and his close aidesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever