Shaista Parveen updates: Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed's wife Shaista Parveen, who has been on the run for over 50 days now, may be hiding in Bharetha village in Uttar Pradesh, police say. Shaista Parveen has a bounty of Rs 50,000 on her head. As per the police, Shaista Parveen was also involved in the planning of the murder of Umesh Pal on February 24.
Police said that search operations are being carried out in the surrounding areas since morning. Meanwhile, the parents of Shaista Parveen left the house and ran away.
Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were shot dead on Saturday night in dramatic circumstances during a media scrum while being escorted by police in Prayagraj. The police were expecting to arrest Shaista Parveen if she tried to attend the funeral of her gangster husband Atiq Ahmed.
Earlier, the police were also prepared to arrest her if she tried to attend the funeral of her son, Asad, who was killed in an encounter in Jhansi on April 13. However, Shaista Parveen, who has been successful in slipping away from the police, didn't turn up.
Meanwhile, a letter of gangster's wife Shaista Parveen has surfaced which she had written to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The letter was written to CM Yogi on February 27 in which she apprehended that top cops in the UP Police were planning to kill her husband and brother-in-law.
