Umesh Pal Murder Case: An encounter has broken out between the police and one of the accused in the Umesh Pal murder case Vijay alias Usman in the Kaundhiyara police station area of Prayagraj, reported ANI citing city Police Commissioner, Ramit Sharma.
Further details are awaited.
Umesh Pal murder case | An encounter broke out between the Police and accused Vijay alias Usman in Kaundhiyara police station area in Prayagraj. Details awaited.
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The Prayagraj police and authorities have been bulldozing the properties of the accused and close aides of Atiq Ahmad in different areas of the town. No one has been arrested in the case so far and the encounter is second in the massive crackdown by the police after it neutralised one accused in a similar manner.
Earlier on Feb 27, three days after the daylight murder of Umesh Pal, one of the main suspects in the case, shooter Arbaaz was killed by the police in an encounter. The Creta vehicle that was used in Umesh Pal’s murder was driven by Arbaaz, according to the police.
Accused Arbaaz was shot by the district police and the Special Operations Group of the Uttar Pradesh Police at Prayagraj’s Nehru Park.
Arbaaz was surrounded by police teams following an intelligence input, Deputy Commissioner of Police Navendu Kumar told PTI. He was the driver of the white SUV that the attackers used to attack witness Umesh Pal.
According to Kumar, he opened fire on the police and was wounded in the subsequent confrontation in Nehru Park under the Dhoomanganj police station at approximately 3 p.m.
Arbaaz was taken to a hospital where doctors declared him dead, he added.
Umesh Pal was shot dead in the Sulem Sarai area of the city under Dhoomanganj Police Station on February 24. He was the prime witness in the 2005 murder case of BSP MLA Raju Pal who was also shot dead in the same area, and Umesh was returning to his home after giving his final statement in the case.