Umesh Pal Murder Case: Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Atiq Ahmad's Plea For Protection; Says State Machinery Will Protect Him

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined relief to gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad who raised the apprehension that he would be gunned down by the Uttar Pradesh police in a fake encounter. The former Lok Sabha member is the prime accused in the sensational murder of Umesh Pal, a key witness to a Bahujan Samaj Party legislator’s murder in 2005. A division bench of Justices...