The particular CBI court docket on Friday directed the central bureau of investigation (CBI) to submit the death certificate of gangster–turned politician Atiq Ahmed in court docket. The court docket issued the directive throughout the trial of 2018 realtor Mohit Jaiswal kidnapping case during which Atiq Ahmed and his son Mohammad Umar Ahmed are accused.
As Atiq Ahmed was shot useless by three assailants in Prayagraj on April 15, the CBI court docket requested the central company to produce his death certificate, mentioned the federal government advocate. Nonetheless, trial couldn’t begin proceedings as no witness appeared earlier than the court docket. The court docket fastened Could 5 as the following date for listening to to report statements of witnesses.
Earlier on April 7, the court docket framed prices towards Atiq and Umar below a number of sections of the Indian Penal Code, together with 364 A (kidnapping or abduction). Underneath this part, the convicts could get life imprisonment or a jail time period that will prolong up to 10 years.
Umar received realtor Mohit Jaiswal kidnapped from Krishna Nagar space within the state capital in December 2018 and forcibly took him to Deoria jail the place Atiq Ahmed was lodged at the moment. Jaiswal was allegedly assaulted and was pressured to switch his properties price ₹45 crore to the daddy–son duo earlier than he was allowed to go away.
After returning to Lucknow, Jaiswal lodged an FIR on the Krishna Nagar police station on December 31, 2018. The state authorities handed over the case to the CBI which started the probe on June 12, 2019. Umar surrendered earlier than the CBI court docket on August 23, 2022.
The CBI later filed 4 chargesheets in court docket. The court docket has already framed prices towards different accused within the case, together with Pawan Singh, Zafar-ul- Mohammad Farooq, Imran Ahmad, Mahendra Singh, Yogesh Kumar, Nitish Mishra, Gulam Moin Siddiqui, Mohammad Hamza and Zaki Ahmad.
