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The Prayagraj police have launched a massive hunt for slain mafia-politician Atiq Ahmad's henchman Israr Ahmad, who was among the seven men convicted by the special CBI court in Lucknow on Friday for the murder of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA .
A 20-year-old nephew of Abid Pradhan, a rival of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad, was shot dead allegedly over a domestic dispute in this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Saturday.
Prayagraj: Name of an alleged sharp-shooter who worked for slain mafia don Atiq Ahmed came into focus in an incident in which a 17-year-old boy, Sahil.
Atiq Ahmed-Umesh Pal Case: The trial court on Tuesday afternoon found all 10 accused, including Atiq and Ashraf, guilty of Umesh Pal's murder. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced shortly.
Atiq is an accused in the BSP MLA Raju Pal 2005 murder case and the recent Umesh Pal murder case. Umesh Pal, who was a prime witness in the Raju Pal murder case, was shot dead in broad daylight in Prayagraj on February 24 this year.
A Prayagraj MP-MLA court, which today held the five-time MLA guilty and two others in the abduction case, however, acquitted seven others including the mafia turned politician's brother Ashraf.
A joint team of PDA, police and district administration demolished the house of Abid Pradhan (above) and farmhouse of Mohd Muslim and Akbar in Dhoomanganj locality on Sunday (right)
Prayagraj: A joint team of Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA), police and district administration on Sunday demolished two houses belonging to jailed don and former MP Atiq Ahmed’s key aides at Mariydeeh and Begum Sarai (Dhoomanganj, GT road) area in the city.
The joint team first razed the house of Abid Pradhan, a key member of Atiq Ahmad’s gang, at Mariydeeh in the afternoon.
The two-storey house was constructed illegally by Abid Pradhan on 600 square yards without getting the map sanctioned from the agency concerned. The huge house was estimated to be worth Rs 4 crore. The joint team reached Mariydeeh and started the demolition work while heavy deployment of police was made to tackle any untoward incident.