Umesh Pal murder: Atiq’s two minor sons in child protection home, police inform court

Atiq Ahmad’s wife Shaista Parveen had filed an application on behalf of her two minor sons three days after Pal’s murder

The police department on Friday informed the court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM), Prayagraj, that two minor sons of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad were lodged in child protection home at Rajrooppur in Prayagraj.

Atiq, his wife Shaista, brother Ashraf and two sons have been named as accused in the Umesh Pal murder case. (For Representation)

Atiq’s wife Shaista Parveen had filed an application on behalf of her two minor sons namely Ahzam Ahmad and Aaban Ahmad. In the application filed on February 27, Atiq’s wife had alleged that her sons were arrested by the police party on February 24, 2023 after the killing of Umesh Pal, who was a witness in BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case, in an area under Dhoomanganj police station of Prayagraj.

Atiq, his wife Shaista, brother Ashraf and two sons have been named as accused in the murder case. While taking the report filed by the station house officer, Dhoomanganj, on record, CJM, Prayagraj, Dinesh Kumar Gautam fixed March 27 as the next date of hearing in the case. Earlier on March 20, the CJM, Prayagraj, issued show-cause notice to the station incharge of Dhoomanganj for not submitting report in response to the application of Shaista Parveen.

Earlier, at one stage, the police had submitted a report that Ahzan and Aaban had been lodged in the child protection home after they were found roaming in the Chakia locality of Prayagraj. However, the name locality of child protection home was not mentioned in the report. There are several child protection homes in Prayagraj.

Subsequently, the counsel for Shaista had pleaded that the two minors were not in the child protection home of Khuldabad at Prayagraj. Hence, the police must disclose the name of the place and the district where the two children had been kept in a child protection home.