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By India Today News Desk: The Uttar Pradesh Police has begun a massive search operation to look out for slain gangster Atiq Ahmed’s wife Shaista Parveen, who has been absconding even after her husband was gunned down on April 15.
Along with Shaista, three other alleged shooters of Umesh Pal (a key witness in the 2005 MLA Raju Pal murder case), are also absconding.
According to police sources, the police are on the lookout for Shaista Parveen, at locations in Greater Noida, Meerut, Delhi, Okhla and West Bengal.
The police have identified more than 20 people suspected of aiding Shaista Parveen.
Among those identified include a lady doctor and several other relatives of Shaista.
KILLING OF ATIQ, BROTHER ASHRAF
Atiq Ahmad (60) and Ashraf were shot dead at almost point-blank range by three men posing as journalists on Saturday night while police personnel were escorting them to a medical college in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj for a checkup.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed to probe the killings, even as the three assailants who shot the two brothers were shifted from the Prayagraj Central Prison to a Pratapgarh jail on Monday.
The shifting of the shooters to the Pratapgarh District Jail was done on administrative grounds, officials told PTI.
Special Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar told PTI that the SIT was formed on the instructions of Prayagraj Police Commissioner Ramit Sharma.
According to the statement, the SIT will be headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime, Satish Chandra, while its other two members are Assistant Commissioner of Police (Kotwali police station) Satyendra Prasad Tiwari and Inspector, Investigation Cell of Crime Branch, Om Prakash.
In another statement, Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police RK Vishwakarma said a three-member team of supervisors has also been formed to ensure qualitative investigation and time-bound action.
This team is headed by the additional director general of police of the Prayagraj zone. The other two members are the police commissioner of Prayagraj and the director of the Forensic Science Laboratory, Lucknow, the DGP said.
The three assailants — Mohit alias Sunny (23) of Hamirpur, Lavlesh Tiwari (22) of Banda and Arun Maurya (18) of Kasganj — were taken from Prayagraj at 12 noon and reached Pratapgarh at 2.10 pm, the officials told PTI.
The trio was arrested soon after the dramatic shootout outside the Prayagraj hospital where police officers were escorting gangster-politician Ahmad and his brother Ashraf for a medical check-up Saturday night.
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