Lucknow. The CBI court has given its verdict on Friday in the murder case of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Raju Pal. The court has declared all seven accused guilty in this case. Mafia Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, who were killed last year, were also accused of this murder. Both the brothers were also jailed in this case.
Now the CBI court has declared Abid, Farhan, Javed, Abdul, Gul Hasan, Israr and Ranjeet guilty. The Special CBI Court of Lucknow declared the accused guilty. The punishment will be announced soon.
It is noteworthy that Raju Pal was murdered on 25 January 2005. Recently, Umesh Pal, an eyewitness to the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal, was killed by miscreants with bombs and bullets. During this time, Gunner Sandeep Nishad, deployed for Umesh’s security, was also killed.
It is being told that the war between Raju Pal and Atiq Ahmed started 19 years ago in 2004. Raju had challenged Atiq’s power in the city’s western area. By-election was held on the seat vacated by Atiq becoming MP. In this by-election, Raju became MLA by defeating Atiq’s brother. After this, on January 25, 2005, Raju Pal was surrounded and shot with bullets in Dhumanganj area. Sandeep Yadav and Devi Lal also died in this attack.