Atiq Ahmed LIVE Updates: Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed brought Prayagraj's Naini Jail covering a distance of over 1200 kms in a high-security police convoy. The UP Police had acquired his custody from Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Jail authorities on Sunday evening. Wearing a black kurta, payjama and white turban, Atiq Ahmed got down inside Naini Jail premises amid unprecedented security cover. Notably, after stepping out of Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad on Sunday evening, Ahmed expressed fear that he might be murdered. A team of the Uttar Pradesh police reached the Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad city on Sunday morning to take him to Prayajrag where he will be produced before a court on Tuesday (March 28) when it passes an order in a kidnapping case in which he is an accused. Ahmed is the main accused in the 2005 murder case of the then BSP MLA Raju Pal, and was recently booked after Umesh Pal, a key witness in the case, was shot dead in Prayagraj in UP on February 24. Ahmed is named in more than 100 criminal cases, including the recent Umesh Pal murder case, police said. After Umesh Pal, a key witness in the 2005 killing of then BSP MLA Raju Pal, and his two security guards were killed in the brazen shooting.
