CCTV footage of Umesh Pal’s murder.
Photo: Amar Ujala.
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The charge sheet will be filed on Friday in the Umesh Pal murder case. Nine accused can be named in this. These include conspirator Sadaqat, who has been made an accused in the Umesh Pal murder case and who is in jail. Three days are left in the 90-day time period for filing the charge sheet.
Since the murder of Umesh Pal on February 24, till now eight accused in this murder case have been sent to jail. Apart from this, Atiq’s lawyer Khan Soulat Haneef, who is serving life sentence, has also been made an accused by the police. In this way, at present, a total of nine people are detained in Naini Jail in this case.
The first arrest in the case was made on 27 February. The police had arrested Sadaqat Khan from the Muslim boarding hostel with illegal weapons. After this, on March 21, Atik Ahmed’s servant Rakesh alias Lala, driver cash, Akhtar Katra, who did Reiki in the murder case, Mo. Sajd and Niyaz Ahmed were arrested and sent to jail.
Another arrest in the murder case took place on April 1 when the STF arrested Atiq’s domestic help Sharup alias Shahrukh. On April 4, Atiq’s brother-in-law Dr. Akhlaq was arrested and sent to jail. Khan Soulat Hanif was remanded in the Umesh Pal murder case on 27th April. Sources say that in this case, the police has gathered sufficient evidence of the involvement of all the nine accused in the jail in the murder case.
