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By Simer Chawla: Slain gangster Atiq Ahmed’s wife Shaista Parveen, an accused in the Umesh Pal murder case, is still on the run. According to sources, the Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force (STF) had reached very close to nabbing Shaista Parveen four days ago in Prayagaj but the ‘lady don’ escaped the police’s clutches with the help of locals.
The police had received concrete information that Shaista Parveen was in the Hatua area in Prayagraj. She was spotted near the house of Ashraf Ahmed’s (Atiq’s brother who was killed along with him) in-laws, sources said.
According to police sources, when the STF team reached there to raid, women wearing burqas surrounded the team. The police could not go ahead and taking advantage of this, Shaista Parveen ran away.
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM MOSQUE
According to sources, when people got information that the STF team was coming to raid, an announcement was made from the local mosque, asking women to leave the house and congregate on the streets. Taking advantage of this crowd, Shaista ran away.
WHO ARE HELPING SHAISTA PARVEEN?
Earlier, the UP Police went to Naini jail and questioned Atiq’s lawyer Khan Soulat Hanif, who is a big confidant of the gangster and is serving a life sentence in Umesh Pal’s kidnapping case. Based on Hanif’s input, the police got to know that Shaista Parveen had met ‘lady don’ Mundi Pasi before the murder of Umesh Pal.
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Police sources say that Mundi Pasi, who is out on bail in several criminal cases herself, has been helping Shaista Parveen in her escape and is providing her intel.
Police are looking for Mundi Pasi and Atiq’s gunner Ehtesham near the Kaushambi border. Ehtesham, who was once in the police force, is believed to have played an important role in the hiding of Shaista Parveen.
Along with Shaista Parveen, Ashraf’s wife Zainab and sister Ayesha Noori are also absconding. The police have also come to know the names of some other helpers of Shaista Parveen. One of them is Asif alias Malli, an aide of Guddu Muslim, the bomber who was involved in the Umesh Pal murder case.
WHY IS SHAISTA PARVEEN ABSCONDING?
Shaista Parveen is on the run since she was named an accused in the murder case of Umesh Pal, a prime witness in the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case, who, along with his two police guards, was shot dead in the Dhoomanganj police station area in Prayagraj on February 24.
On March 28, a court in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj convicted gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and two other accused in the 2006 kidnapping of Umesh Pal, the prime witness in the BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case. However, Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as journalists in Prayagraj on April 15 in the presence of police.
Other accused in the Umesh Pal murder case, including Shaista Parveen and Guddu Muslim, are on the run.
Police have announced a reward of Rs 50,000 on Shaista Parveen.
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