Atiq Ahmed sentencing: Expressing her belief in the Yogi Adityanath government, the mother of Umesh Pal demanded that gangster Atiq Ahmed should have been awarded death sentence in her son's kidnapping case. An MP-MLA court on Tuesday held gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and two others guilty in the 2006 Umesh Pal kidnapping case, and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
"He (Atiq Ahmed) was sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping my son but he should be given a death sentence for killing my son. I have faith in UP CM Yogi Adityanath and the judicial system," Shanti Devi, mother of Umesh Pal said.
After the killing of then BSP MLA Raju Pal on January 25, 2005, Umesh Pal, then a zila panchayat member, had told police he was a witness to the murder. Umesh Pal had alleged that when he refused to retract and buckle under pressure from Ahmad, he was kidnapped at gunpoint on February 28, 2006.
Umesh Pal was gunned down outside his Prayagraj residence on February 24.
