An MP/MLA court in Prayagraj has pronounced gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, his brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf and 8 others guilty in the 2006 kidnapping of lawyer Umesh Pal, the main witness in the killing of Bahujan Samaj Party lawmaker Raju Pal. Umesh Pal was shot dead in Prayagraj on February 24.